The mediating effect of coping strategies between perceived stress and mental health status of scientific and technical workers
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2014.06.021
- VernacularTitle:科技工作者应对方式在压力知觉水平与心理健康状态间的中介效应
- Author:
Bo KAN
;
Ying DING
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Scientific and technical workers;
Perceived stress;
Coping style;
Mental health;
Mediating effect
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2014;23(6):546-549
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the mental health and the general well-being among Hangzhou scientific and technical workers,and the mediating effect of coping strategies in perceived level of stress and mental health status.Methods A stratified cluster sampling method were developed among engineering technicians,agrotechnicians,researchers,health works and teaching staff.510 participants were evaluated with perceived stress of different types,Trait Coping Style Questionnaire (TCSQ),General Well-Being Schedule (GWB),and Self-Reporting Questionnaire 20 (SRQ-20).Results There was significant difference among sub-groups with different educational backgrounds,different occupation,and different age group for total scores of perceived stress (F=5.026,5.637,6.421,P＜0.01).Female had significantly higher scores than male on total scores of negative coping factor of TCSQ,total scores SRQ-20 (26.33±6.29,4.36±3.84 vs 24.93±5.68,3.32±3.53) (all P＜0.05).Total scores of negative coping factor of TCSQ,total scores of positive coping factor of TCSQ,and total scores of perceived stress were the significant predictors of both total scores SRQ-20 and total scores of GWB (all P＜0.001).Both total scores of positive coping factor of TCSQ and total scores of negative coping factor of TCSQ mediated the effects of perceived stress on total scores of SRQ-20 (23.87％,29.33％,respectively) and total scores of GWB (24.29％,23.24％,respectively).Conclusion There do exist the mediating effects between coping strategies in perceived stress and mental health status,the improvement of coping modes of scientific and technical workers can be regarded as a useful intervention strategy to improve their mental health status.
