The Role of Cognitive Flexibility and Resilience in Depressive Features among Healthcare Professionals: Addressing Mental Health Challenges in a Globalized Workforce

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Suramya Kaushal and Himansu Kumar Srivastwa (Amity Institute of Behavioural Health & Allied Sciences (AIBHAS), Amity University Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh)

Resilience and cognitive flexibility are important psychological concepts that assist people in coping with the challenges they face and remaining mentally healthy. Healthcare Professionals especially in curative facilities or other demanding environments have increased chances of getting stress and depressive features. This research seeks to establish the correlation that exists between depressive features, resilience, and cognitive flexibility among health workers of age 25 to 60 years. Specifically, the study seeks to examine the relationship that exists between resilience and depressive features, the relationship that exists between cognitive flexibility and depressive features, and the interaction effects. 30 healthcare professionals like doctors, nurses and both male and female medical technicians, were included in the study. Data was collected using standardized tools including the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), and the Cognitive Flexibility Scale (CFS) by Martin and Rubin. Correlational methods were employed to analyze the influence of resilience and cognitive flexibility on levels of depressive features. The preliminary results obtained exhibited a statistically significant negative relationship between depressive features, and the construction of resilience and cognitive flexibility. Healthcare practitioners who self-reported higher levels of resilience and cognitive flexibility appeared to manifest relatively fewer episodes and symptoms of depressive features, indicating that these variables may act as buffers or protection in strenuous occupations. These findings support the effectiveness of implementing programs that aim to improve cognitive flexibility and resilience among healthcare workers to decrease the depressive features rates in this population. This investigation contributes to the literature by providing evidence of the psychological constructs that impact overall mental health within a healthcare organization. It stresses the importance of developing specific interventions and organizational measures to develop these competencies