20.500.12556/RUL-176616 Factors impacting seafarers’ mental health and career intentions The main objective of the present study was to investigate factors related to seafarers’ mental health. A sample of seafarers from 12 countries participated in the study. A list of stressors was used to assess both perception of exposure to these stressors and their subjective significance. The Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) was used to assess seafarers’ mental health on 5 of 9 subscales: Depression, Anxiety, Hostility, Interpersonal Sensitivity, and Somatisation. Three significant findings emerged from the analyses. The first was that 3 types of stressors contribute significantly to mental health problems: (1) environmental factors (eg, vibration), (2) social problems (eg, bullying, homesickness, working alone), and (3) health problems (eg, physical injuries, viruses, and the illnesses). The second finding was that both stress and mental health issues determine seafarers’ motivation for their work and their consideration regarding leaving the maritime industry. The third finding was that factors contributing to seafarers’ consideration of leaving the industry were mainly related to social stressors such as isolation from family and friends, cultural differences at work, demands from supervisors, and bullying. Factors such as bad weather, working shifts, length of employment contract or a ban on disembarkment in ports were found to be relatively less important for seafarers as factors toward considering leaving the industry. The implications of these findings are discussed. seafarers mental health anxiety depression career retention pomorščaki pomorski poklici duševno zdravje stresorji true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-12-05 11:17:56 2025-12-05 11:17:57 2026-01-23 16:14:36 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 9 str. Vol. 61 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 331.54:656.6 1945-7243 10.1177/00469580241229617 190587395 svetina-et-al-2024-factors-impacting-seafarers-mental-health-and-career-intentions.pdf svetina-et-al-2024-factors-impacting-seafarers-mental-health-and-career-intentions.pdf 1 C9BCBECD6E16A35C8746F9C5A809B733 6d27fbafe6c8e606a80ac00b9db1b0127a83ff0f8c2219f12bba061eb0e09950 db925a9c-d1c4-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=223065 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00469580241229617 0 c551ac9e-f869-11f0-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=226135 Filozofska fakulteta Fakulteta za pomorstvo in promet 0 0 0