Workplace stressors as a mediating mechanism between social support and depression among Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand: A structural equation modeling approach

• Depression is highly prevalent among migrant workers globally. • Greater social support reduces depression among migrant workers. • Workplace stressors play a mediating role between social support and depression. • Public policies should enhance support and promote healthy workplaces to reduce depression. Depression is a major global public health challenge and a leading cause of disability worldwide, with a particularly high and concerning burden among migrant workers. This research objective is to discover the association between social support and depression, and the mediating role of workplace stressors. A cross-sectional survey was conducted via simple random sampling among 500 Myanmar migrant workers in nine factories. Workplace stressor, The Interpersonal Support Evaluation List-12, and The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression were used to collect the data. Mplus version 8.7 was used to construct the structural equation model. Among 500 total participants, the prevalence of depression was around 47%. The SEM good fit with the data (χ2/df =3.526, RMSEA = 0.071, CFI= 0.972). Social support had negatively direct effect on workplace stressor (β = 0.175, p