title: College student mental health and quality of workplace relationships.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The goal of this study was to examine the effect of quality of workplace relationships on the mental health of employed undergraduates, with work-related variables as a potential mechanism.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 170 employed students (76% female, average age = 19.9) recruited in March 2011. Most worked part-time and had been at their jobs over a year.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students were recruited from an undergraduate introductory psychology course and completed online surveys about the quality of workplace relationships, mental health (ie, somatic stress symptoms, depression, anxiety, and life satisfaction), and work-related variables (ie, job satisfaction, support, turnover and burnout).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students who reported having workplace relationships with co-occurring positivity and negativity had worse self-reported mental health outcomes than students reporting having wholly positive relationships. The relationship between workplace relationship quality and mental health was mediated by negative work-related variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Workplace relationships-even in part-time employment settings-influence college students' mental health.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , San Diego State University , San Diego , California , USA.
authors.forename: Allison A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Vaughn
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , San Diego State University , San Diego , California , USA.
authors.forename: Richard R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Drake
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , San Diego State University , San Diego , California , USA.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haydock
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D015206:Southwestern United States; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Mental health; relationship quality; workplace relationships