Investigating the Impact of Prolonged Exposure to Low Psychosocial
Safety Climate on Serious Depressive Symptoms
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Title
Investigating the Impact of Prolonged Exposure to Low Psychosocial
Safety Climate on Serious Depressive Symptoms
Safety Climate on Serious Depressive Symptoms
Subject
Accumulative effects
Depressive symptoms
Prolonged exposure
Psychological well-being
Psychosocial safety climate
Depressive symptoms
Prolonged exposure
Psychological well-being
Psychosocial safety climate
Description
Previous research has shown that the organization’s psychosocial safety climate (PSC) is
crucial for protecting workers’ psychological well-being. In this study, we sought to understand how
different exposure [prolonged (long-term) vs. short-term] to low levels of PSC affects new future
depressive symptoms.
Methods: Three waves of data from 1,160 full-time workers were used to analyze the effect of prolonged
exposure to low PSC over two to three years on depressive symptoms and the emergence of new
depressive symptoms, after excluding depressed cases at the baseline. Additionally, we tested the effects
of short-term low PSC exposure.
Results: Data were analyzed using SPSS and binomial logistic regression. Results showed that prolonged
low PSC increased the risk of developing new depressive symptoms fourfold in the next three to four
years (OR = 4.02, p < 0.001). Short-term low PSC exposure tripled the risk of newly developed
depression (OR = 3.03, p < 0.001).
Conclusion: Future research should consider prolonged effects of exposure to low PSC. To prevent future
depressive symptoms, it is important to build and improve PSC in the organizations to prevent the
accumulative deleterious effects on workers’’ psychological health
crucial for protecting workers’ psychological well-being. In this study, we sought to understand how
different exposure [prolonged (long-term) vs. short-term] to low levels of PSC affects new future
depressive symptoms.
Methods: Three waves of data from 1,160 full-time workers were used to analyze the effect of prolonged
exposure to low PSC over two to three years on depressive symptoms and the emergence of new
depressive symptoms, after excluding depressed cases at the baseline. Additionally, we tested the effects
of short-term low PSC exposure.
Results: Data were analyzed using SPSS and binomial logistic regression. Results showed that prolonged
low PSC increased the risk of developing new depressive symptoms fourfold in the next three to four
years (OR = 4.02, p < 0.001). Short-term low PSC exposure tripled the risk of newly developed
depression (OR = 3.03, p < 0.001).
Conclusion: Future research should consider prolonged effects of exposure to low PSC. To prevent future
depressive symptoms, it is important to build and improve PSC in the organizations to prevent the
accumulative deleterious effects on workers’’ psychological health
Creator
Ali Afsharian *, May Young Loh , Maureen Frances Dollard
Source
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Publisher
PSC Global Observatory, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Date
21 October 2025
Contributor
Fajar Bagus Wijanarko
Format
pdf
Language
english
Type
text
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Citation
Ali Afsharian *, May Young Loh , Maureen Frances Dollard, “Investigating the Impact of Prolonged Exposure to Low Psychosocial
Safety Climate on Serious Depressive Symptoms,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 11, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/12036.
Safety Climate on Serious Depressive Symptoms,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 11, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/12036.