The Impact of Work Stress and Social Support on the Psychological Well-Being of Women Human Rights Defenders

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine how job stress and social support affect the psychological well-being of women human rights defenders. This study uses a quantitative multiple linear regression approach with 180 female human rights defenders in Indonesia who have more than 5 years of experience as subjects. The results of the study show that psychological well-being is relatively high at 67%, social support from women human rights defenders is also relatively high at 83%, and job stress among women human rights defenders is relatively low at 49%. Furthermore, in the hypothesis test, it was found that job stress affects psychological well-being, with an R-squared value of 0.773. Then it was found that social support had an impact on psychological well-being, with an R-squared value of 0.841, and the effect of job stress and social support on psychological well-being, with an R-squared value of 0.940, in women human rights defenders, caused by various factors, including resilience, self-acceptance, family, fellow women human rights defenders, and community social support.