A new article co-authored by BRISPO researchers Kim Bosmans, Mattias Vos, and Christophe Vanroelen has been published in the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. The study, titled "Explaining the relationship between precarious employment conditions and mental health among healthcare workers: the mediating role of psychological experience of work precarity", investigates how subjective psychological experiences mediate the relationship between precarious employment and mental health outcomes. Access the full article is availbe here.
Drawing on Allan et al.'s (2021) work precarity framework, the authors examine job insecurity, moral distress, and work–family (im)balance as key mediators between objective precarious employment conditions—measured using the EPRES scale—and mental health. The findings, based on survey data from 9,041 healthcare workers in Belgium and Finland, confirm that these psychological experiences play a significant mediating role.
This study contributes to a more integrated understanding of how precarious employment affects mental health by bridging material and psychological perspectives. It underscores the importance of addressing both structural and experiential aspects of employment precarity in policy and workplace interventions.
Citation: Hult, M., Bosmans, K., Padrosa, E., Julià, M., Vos, M., Mikkonen, S., & Vanroelen, C. (2025). Explaining the relationship between precarious employment conditions and mental health among healthcare workers: the mediating role of psychological experience of work precarity. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2025.2517620
