ic men, along with Black men, have the smallest associations between mental illness and mental health treatment. Conversely, White women have the highest probability of mental health treatment compared to other race-gender groups, and the lowest probability of arrest. This pattern suggests Black and Hispanic men are disproportionately criminalized for their mental illness compared to other race-gender groups, while White women are most often medicalized. I discuss the implications of these findings and offer suggestions for future research.

2d:T443,

This study examines the mental health impacts of emotional labor using an integrated analytical model that considers both job-level emotional labor requirements (negative and positive display rules) and psychological processes of emotion regulation (deep acting and surface acting). Using data from the 2021 Emotions Matter Survey (n = 854) of mental health and library workers in Ontario, Canada, we explore the conditions under which emotional labor requirements negatively impact mental health. Our findings reveal that negative display rules significantly increase anxiety, and surface acting exacerbates both anxiety and anger. Contrary to expectations, deep acting did not serve as a protective factor for mental health but showed a complex interaction with negative display rules, worsening psychological states under high negative emotional demands. This research underscores the intricate nature of emotional labor’s impact on mental health, highlighting the need for context-specific strategies to support frontline workers in emotionally intensive roles.

2e:T50a,

Remote and hybrid work have received much attention since the expansion of off-site work following the COVID-19 pandemic. Research on the effects of these arrangements on workers’ well-being, however, is mixed, likely because studies rarely account for workers’ workplace preferences. Using data from the 2023 wave of the Study on U.S. Parents’ Divisions of Labor During COVID-19 (SPDLC), we assess the association between work-place mismatch (misalignment between preferred and actual work locations) and both work-family conflict and psychological well-being (stress and depressive symptoms) among partnered working parents. Results suggest that most parents report some degree of work-place mismatch, with on-site workers reporting the highest work-place mismatch. We also find that work-place mismatch is positively associated with work-family conflict and negatively associated with parents’ psychological well-being. After accounting for work-place mismatch, parents who work on-site report lower work-family conflict and higher psychological well-being than remote and hybrid workers. Overall, results highlight the need to account for workers’ preferences in understanding the association between work conditions, work-family conflict, and psychological well-being.

2f:T456,

Researchers and policymakers are increasingly interested in the extent to which mental health stigma can be mitigated through social contact with people who disclose mental health issues. Empirical research on contact and stigma, however, largely focuses on the presence of contact without fully examining the nature of relationships. Interpersonal ties, for example, can be enduring and supportive, enduring and stressful, or weak yet cooperative. Using a novel egocentric network survey, this study contributes by measuring contact with respect to both the presence of alters with perceived mental health issues and the nature of those connections. Results show that, compared to respondents without any contact, naming more mental health contacts is associated with a reduction in stigma only when those relations are characterized by closeness and a lack of negativity. Among individuals with contact, a higher proportion of relationships perceived as negative or “difficult”exacerbates stigma. Implications of these findings for stigma reduction are discussed.

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