Published

April 17, 2024

Research Framework

Conceptual Framework

Figure 1: Conceptual framework of how stressors are moderated by mental resilience in affecting the psychological outcome

Operational Definition

Variable Definition Scale
Age The age of respondent in year by the time participating in the online survey Numeric
Sex The legal birth sex of the respondent Categorical (0: Male, 1: Female)
Domicile Place of residency Categorical (0: Jakarta, 1: West Java, 2: East Java, 3: Others)
Marital status Legal marital status, divorced is considered as not married Categorical (0: Not married, 1: Married)
Sleeping issue Frequency of sleeping issue per week in the past two months Categorical (0: Never, 1: Not very much, 2: Quite often, 3: Nearly all the time)
Nervousness issue Frequency of being nervous per week in the past two months Categorical (0: Never, 1: Not very much, 2: Quite often, 3: Nearly all the time)
Headache frequency Frequency of having a headache per week in the past two months Categorical (0: Never, 1: Not very much, 2: Quite often, 3: Nearly all the time)
Number of days affected by health condition Number of days in the past 30 days being limited in carrying normal daily activities because of problems related to physical or mental health Numeric
Current employment status The status of being employed at a paid job, whether part-time or full-time, and has worked for at least six months Categorical (0: Currently working, 1: Unemployed, looking for a job in the past two months, 2: Unemployed, not looking for a job, 3: Not working)
Years spent working Number of years in total spent working, whether part-time or full-time, counted since legal working age (15) Numeric
Industrial sector Sector of industry based on the global industry classification standard Categorical (0: Energy, 1: Materials, 2: Industrials, 3: Consumer Discretionary, 4: Consumer Staples, 5: Health Care, 6: Financials, 7: Information Technology, 8: Communication Services, 9: Utilities, 10: Real Estate)
Job level Job level in the workplace Categorical (0: Entry level, 1: Intermediate/Senior staff, 2: First-level management, 3: Middle management, 4: Executive/Senior management)
Range of monthly income The range of monthly income in Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) Categorical (0: <IDR 1,000,000, 1: IDR 1,000,000 - IDR 5,000,000, 2: IDR 5,000,000 - IDR 10,000,000, 3: IDR 10,000,000 - 20,000,000, 4: IDR 20,000,000 - IDR 50,000,000, 5: >IDR 50,000,000)
Range of monthly expenses The range of monthly income in Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) Categorical (0: <IDR 1,000,000, 1: IDR 1,000,000 - IDR 5,000,000, 2: IDR 5,000,000 - IDR 10,000,000, 3: IDR 10,000,000 - 20,000,000, 4: IDR 20,000,000 - IDR 50,000,000, 5: >IDR 50,000,000)
Cause of worries Cause of worries, burden, or stress Categorical (0: Not worrying/burdensome, 1: Hardly worrying/burdensome, 2: Minimally worrying/burdensome, 3: Slightly worrying/burdensome, 4: Moderately worrying/burdensome, 5: Substantially worrying/burdensome)
Depression Depression subscale from MINI International Neuropsychiatry Interview Numeric
Anxiety Anxiety subscale from MINI International Neuropsychiatry Interview Numeric
Burnout Burnout from Maslach Burnout Inventory Numeric

Research Hypothesis

The proposed research encompasses five main topics of interest, and the hypotheses are ordered accordingly. For brevity, this section only enlist the alternative hypotheses for each topic of interest.

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