Priviet Social Sciences Journal
The role of social connectedness in employee mental health with self-esteem as mediator in the Jabodetabek area
The purpose of this study was to test whether social connectedness predicts the mental health of employees in the Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) region while treating self-esteem as a variable that might mediate the link. Participants were recruited through convenience sampling, a non-probability approach, yielding 324 workers drawn from a range of job types. The measurement relied on three tools: the Mental Health Continuum–Short Form (MHC-SF) for overall mental health, the Social Conne …