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.