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What is the relationship and directionality between work injuries and mental health challenges? That is, are work injuries more likely to precede mental health challenges or vice versa?

This upcoming summary meta-analysis evaluated these links.

Key findings:

·        There’s a consistent and modest link between work injuries and mental health challenges

·        The relationship is stronger when work injuries precede mental health challenges compared to the reverse

·        Hence, mental health challenges were more likely to follow from work injury than work injury to follow from mental health challenges

·        Gender wasn’t found to moderate the relationship, nor did  age, education, marital status, tenure, work status and income

·        However, the proportion of visible minorities in a sample showed a moderating effect on the relationship between work injuries and mental health challenges

Authors: Granger, S., & Turner, N. (2024). Work injuries and mental health challenges: A meta‐analysis of the bidirectional relationship. Personnel Psychology.

Study link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/peps.12649

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