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Jones, Fiona. "Transmitting occupational stress." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.358507.

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Piper, Lynn J. "Police officers: Perception of self, occupational role, and occupational events." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2003. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4397/.

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This study examined police officers' perceptions of self, occupational role and their relation to perceived stress and posttraumatic stress symptomology. Self-report measures for the study variables were completed by 101 police officers. Hypotheses predicted that perception of self and role would be associated with perception of stress and that perception of the stress would mediate PTSD symptomology. Neuroticism, job quality and general job satisfaction were the main predictors of stress. Stress levels mediated between 1) job quality and the symptoms of anxious arousal and impaired self-reference; 2) general job satisfaction and the symptoms of defensive avoidance and dissociation; and 3) neuroticism and the symptom of defensive avoidance. This implies that police officers' job quality, their feelings of general job satisfaction, and low levels of neuroticism are important in alleviating stress and subsequent psychological sequela.
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Thatcher, Anthony. "Occupational stress identified in occupational, health and safety practitioners." Thesis, The author [Mt. Helen, Vic.] :, 1991. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/51909.

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Gardner, Lisa, and lgardner@swin edu au. "Emotional intelligence and occupational stress." Swinburne University of Technology, 2005. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20060502.131940.

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The experience of occupational stress has long been implicated in the development of negative outcomes for the individual employee and the employing organisation. General well-being as well as levels of job satisfaction and organisational commitment have been identified in the literature as decreasing as a result of the experience occupational stress. The intertwined relationship between occupational stress and emotion has also been proposed to play a role in the stress�outcomes relationship. Although emotions are an integral and inseparable part of everyday organisational life, they are difficult to measure and as such have generally been ignored in the organisational literature. Recent research has begun to focus on the role of emotions in the workplace and a development from this approach has been to conceptually examine the relationship between cognition and emotions. This movement has largely been attributed to new research around the construct of Emotional Intelligence (EI). Emotional Intelligence involves behaviours related to the experience of emotion; specifically EI involves expressing, recognising, understanding and managing emotions. Despite the interest in workplace EI, very little empirical research has examined the role EI may play in occupational stress. This thesis systematically examined the relationship between EI and the occupational stress process, including stressors, strains (health), and outcomes of stress (job satisfaction and organisational commitment). The first study of this thesis involved the administration of a questionnaire to 320 employees. The results of Study 1 indicate that four dimensions of EI were particularly important in the occupational stress process: Emotional Recognition and Expression, Understanding Emotions, Emotional Management and Emotional Control. It was concluded that utilising EI was related to the experience of occupational stress, and to the outcomes of occupational stress (both health and attitudes), such that employees who reported using EI were less likely to report feelings of stress, ill-health and lowered satisfaction and commitment. The results of Study 1 provided a rationale for the development of an EI training program, a program to teach employees how to utilise the dimensions of EI more effectively in the workplace and to teach them how to deal with the negative emotions that arise from the experience of occupational stress. The prevalence of occupational stress in the Australian workforce is increasing and as a consequence many stress management intervention programs have surfaced in the literature, although none with emphasis on utilising emotions more effectively. The aim of Study 2 in this thesis was to develop, implement and evaluate an EI training program which had an emphasis on stress management. Study 2 involved the development of a five-session group training program and a standardised training manual. The training program was evaluated in terms of the variables identified in Study 1 (EI, occupational stress, strains, and outcomes of stress). The sample consisted of 79 teachers (55 with complete data sets). Baseline measures were taken at two time intervals prior to participation in the EI training program. Participants were assessed immediately after participation in the program and at a five-week follow-up interval. The findings of Study 2 demonstrated the effectiveness of the EI training program in terms of improving levels of EI, decreasing feelings of stress and strain and improving the outcomes of stress. These changes were evident immediately after completion of the training program and were maintained (or improved upon) at the follow-up time period. However there were some limitations to Study 2. Specifically, the short duration of the training program, the short follow-up time interval (of only five weeks) and the use of secondary stress management prevention tools were each limitations of this training program. Further research is necessary to address these limitations and to more accurately determine the efficacy of the training program developed in this thesis. Despite the limitations of Study 2, the EI training program implemented and evaluated in this thesis illustrated that a training program focussed on the emotional experiences of employees is able to successfully engage employees and assist them in dealing with the experience of occupational stress and the consequences of stress. Furthermore, these results demonstrate that the EI training program was successful in improving the employee�s level of EI, providing support for the theory that EI can be learned and developed. Overall, the development and implementation of an EI training program, in this thesis, demonstrated that behaviours underpinning the dimensions of EI can be learned and that training programs focussed on the emotional experiences of employees in the workplace can be effective in improving employee well-being and in decreasing feelings of occupational stress. The results of this thesis therefore provide support for including EI training programs as part of stress management for employees.
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Esworthy, Ann. "Occupational stress in professional groups." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302878.

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James, Magna M. "Occupational stress among Black professionals /." The Ohio State University, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu148759680782221.

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Handy, Jocelyn Ayla. "Understanding occupational stress in psychiatric nursing." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306055.

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Steber, William R. "Occupational stress among frontline corrections workers." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998steberw.pdf.

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Braaten, Dan J. "Occupational stress in mental health counselors." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000braatend.pdf.

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Kuok, Oi Mei. "Occupational stress of university teachers in China." Thesis, University of Macau, 1998. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1636732.

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Travers, Cheryl J. "Occupational stress among teachers in the UK." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.293930.

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Teixeira, Hugo C. "Wellbeing and Occupational Stress in Dentistry Academics." Thesis, Griffith University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/419085.

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Occupational stress can impact adversely on individuals’ physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing, and have occupational consequences. Dentistry professionals can experience significantly higher levels of occupational stress, and poorer wellbeing, than other health professionals. Previous research on occupational stress among dentistry professionals has demonstrated differences by individual-level personal and professional characteristics, identified work content and work context sources of occupational stress, and indicated that dentists may not be able to relieve their stress properly. Previous research has, however, focused on dentistry clinicians and students, and less is known about dentistry academics who are likely to have different correlates and sources of occupational stress given differences in their occupational role. Therefore, this research program aimed to investigate occupational stress and wellbeing among dentistry academics including individual-level personal and professional characteristics associated with poor wellbeing, common sources of occupational stress and associations with poor wellbeing, and self-care activities and associations with wellbeing. This research program used a cross-sectional design with a convenience sample of academics in dentistry departments across nine universities in Australia and New Zealand. The thesis comprises three quantitative studies and examined data from an online survey to assess wellbeing, personal and professional characteristics, perfectionism, work content and context sources of occupational stress, and self-care activities. Data were analysed using multiple regression. A total of 119 people consented to the online survey, with 94 (78.9%) providing complete data. The average age of respondents was 50 (±11.7) years, 56.8% were men, and 67% had more than 10 years’ experience as an academic. Results demonstrated poor wellbeing among this group of dentistry academics, with an average score on the iii Psychological General Wellbeing Index (PGWBI) of 67.0±14.1. Lower scores were obtained on PGWBI dimensions of vitality (58.3±19.4), anxiety (62.0±16.9) and positive wellbeing (62.2±17.2) than other dimensions. Study one found a significant association between hours of undergraduate teaching and psychological wellbeing, after adjustment for age, gender, income, and overall health (F(6,79)=19.651, p<.001, adj.R2=.56). Dentistry academics doing more than six hours of undergraduate teaching per week had poorer wellbeing than their counterparts (rpb(92)=- .288, p=.005, age r(84)=.315, p<.005). There were no significant bivariate associations between perfectionism, or other personal and professional characteristics, and wellbeing. Study two found that the leading sources of “substantial” occupational stress were work overload (61% agreement), administration demands (55% agreement), multiple role demands (54% agreement), and time pressure at work (49% agreement). A multiple linear regression model comprising job future, workload and responsibility, job satisfaction, social support, time pressure at work, age, income management, and overall health significantly predicted psychological wellbeing, F(8,77)=13.141, p<.0001, adj.R2=.53, with no significant associations for any of the specific sources of stress with wellbeing. Study three found that the most common types of self-care done “frequently” were lifestyle (57.8%), exercise (44.4%), and recreational (44.4%) activities. The least frequent were intrapersonal activities (13.3%). The multiple linear regression model comprising self-care domains of intrapersonal, interpersonal, exercise, recreational, and professional activities, with adjustment for age, gender, income management, and overall health significantly predicted psychological wellbeing, F(9,76)=9.705, p<.0001, adj.R2=.53, with no statistically significant associations between any of the individual self-care activity domains and wellbeing. The findings of this research program contribute to evidence on occupational stress and wellbeing in dentistry academics and can inform workplace interventions. Results suggest that interventions to improve wellbeing in dentistry academics could prioritise those who are younger, with lower income, in poorer health, and/or teaching more than six hours of undergraduate teaching per week. These interventions could include individual-level and organisational-level strategies to help manage time pressure, work overload, administration demands, and multiple role demands; and increase social support and positive perceptions of job future and job satisfaction. Interventions could promote intrapersonal (e.g., gratitude, mindfulness), interpersonal (e.g., social support), and professional self-care activities (e.g., networking skills) given potentially low rates of these. Future research is warranted to extrapolate and confirm these findings with a larger sample, define the study sample homogeneously, and explore the impact of COVID-19 on sources of stress. Future research is also needed to provide a deeper exploration of ‘lived in’ experiences of dentistry academics related to aspects of undergraduate teaching that contribute to poor wellbeing, or specific aspects of the work role that contribute to work overload; and to explore other aspects of intervention delivery such as preferences for duration, frequency, and type of interventions. If successful, such workplace interventions could reduce the adverse physical, psychological, behavioural, and organisational consequences commonly associated with poor wellbeing and occupational stress among dentistry academics, as well as the financial burden of related compensations claims. In turn these interventions could promote mental and physical wellbeing, and quality of life, as well as organisational indicators such as staff morale and overall work performance and productivity. This work has not previously been submitted for a degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my knowledge and belief, the thesis contains no material previously published or written by another person except where due reference is made in the thesis itself.
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Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
School of Applied Psychology
Griffith Health
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Davidson, Ransford George. "Leadership Strategies to Reduce Employees' Occupational Stress." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5849.

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Job-related aspects of the work environment, such as work pressure, workload, leadership, and management support cause occupational stress and increase costs to organizations. Grounded in the job demands-resources model theory, the purpose of this single case study was to explore strategies some bank managers use to reduce employees' occupational stress. The interview process included 5 managers employed at a bank in the Caribbean who successfully implemented strategies that reduced employees' occupational stress. The data collection and analysis process involved face-to-face, semistructured interviews and analysis of organizational documentation. Using the exploratory approach in data analysis, data were systematically integrated, evaluated, and summarized through a process of coding and generating themes and patterns. During the coding process, 4 major themes emerged: organizational protection and leadership, supportive organization, occupational health and well-being, and prevention. Business managers who develop and execute strategies centered on these themes might reduce job-related stress factors and the negative consequences of occupational stress. The study results might prompt business leaders to develop prevention strategies to address the causes of potential stressors linked to work conditions. The implications for positive social change include the potential for improving employee health and reducing health costs to employees, their families, and communities.
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Näsholm, Camilla. "How to prevent occupational burnout?" Thesis, Umeå universitet, Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-124719.

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In the last decade, several epidemiological studies have found a high prevalence of occupational burnout in both western and developing countries. Burnout is a global concern and has the potential to negatively affect the individual’s psychological and physical health, as well as an organization’s and a country’s effectiveness and economy.   The goal of this project was to create a stress management and prevention system that opens up for reflection and discussion on an individual, corporate and societal level. To achieve this the student investigated how stress could be quantified, visualized and communicated in a constructive way.   The final concept assists the individual to recognize their stress and relaxation patterns and make constructive behavioral changes. In the workplace the system indicates stress levels and aims to enable real life communication regarding stress. Exposing stress data to the public empowers society to value and demand stress management.
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Eliasson, Karolin, and Lena Sörensen. "Självskattad aktivitetsbalans och arbetsrelaterad stress : hos universitetslärare." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Hälsa och rehabilitering, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-69073.

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SAMMANFATTNING Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva skattad förekomst av arbetsrelaterad stress och aktivitetsbalans hos universitetslärare. Metod: Uppsatsen hade en kvantitativ ansats och baserades på insamlat datamaterial från en enkätundersökning med självskattningsinstrumenten Work Stress Questionnaire (WSQ) och Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ). Undersökningsgruppen var ett totalurval av all undervisande personal vid en institution på ett universitet i Sverige och totalt svarade 41 universitetslärare. Data analyserades explorativt och presenterades med deskriptiv statistik. Resultat: Deltagarna i studien skattade generellt en låg förekomst av arbetsrelaterad stress (utifrån WSQ) samt låg grad av aktivitetsbalans (utifrån OBQ). Vidare visade resultaten, gällande relation mellan arbetsrelaterad stress och aktivitetsbalans, att deltagare som skattat låg grad av aktivitetsbalans även skattat högre förekomst av arbetsrelaterad stress. Slutsats: Studien visade att deltagare som skattat en lägre aktivitetsbalans även skattat högre arbetsrelaterad stress inom kategorierna Konflikt mellan arbete och fritid, Upplevd stress pga. otydlig organisation och konflikter samt Upplevd stress pga. höga egna krav och engagemang vilket eventuellt indikerar att det kan finnas ett samband mellan låg aktivitetsbalans och hög arbetsrelaterad stress.
ABSTRACT Aim: The aim of this study was to describe self-perceived incidence of work-related stress and occupational balance among university lectures. Method: The essay had a quantitative approach and was based on data collected from a survey of the Work Stress Questionnaire (WSQ) and Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ) self-assessment tools. The study group was a total selection of all teaching staff at an institution at a university in Sweden and 41 lectures responded. The data was explored exploratively and presented with descriptive statistics. Results: The participants in the study generally estimated a low incidence of work-related stress (based on WSQ) and low occupational balance (based on OBQ). Furthermore, the results, current relationship between work-related stress and occupational balance showed that participants who estimated a low level of occupational balance also estimated higher incidence of work-related stress. Conclusion: The study showed that participants who estimated a lower occupational balance also estimated higher work-related stress in the categories of Conflict between work and leisure, Experienced stress due to unclear organization and conflicts and Experienced stress due to high self-esteem and commitment which may indicate that there may be a correlation between low occupational balance and high work-related stress.
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Davies, John P. "Occupational stress in private schools: a teacher profile." FIU Digital Commons, 1997. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2741.

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The purpose of this study was threefold. The primary purpose was to develop a stress profile for teachers in private schools. This study also addressed two exploratory issues. The first, consisted of an examination of the possible differences in the levels of on-the-job stress among teachers in different types of private schools. A second issue was to discuss the findings on private school in light of the extant literature on public schools, specifically using the data collected by Fimain to develop the Teacher Stress Inventory. This study was conducted utilizing 316 full time teachers from seven schools from six different states. The instrument employed in this study was the Teacher Stress Inventory (TSI) developed by Fimian (1988). The TSI is a 10 factor, 49 item self-report measure. The 10 factors consist of five Stress Sources and five Stress measure. The 10 factors consist of five Stress Sources and five Stress Manifestations subscales. The mean for these 10 factors yields the stress construct termed "Total Stress." Of the 437 surveys mailed, 316 usable surveys, i.e., 72.3%, were returned. The results suggest that private school teachers experience moderate levels of stress. The mean score was 2.27 indicating a lower than average stress level as measured by the TSI. Comparisons between types of private schools revealed that there were no significant differences between the stress levels of teachers in boarding and nonboarding schools. Teachers in large schools experience significantly higher levels of stress than teachers in small and medium size schools. However, the measurable difference between them translates into a very small difference in terms of the real stress levels of these teachers in their professional lives. A significant difference was also found between the stress levels of public (M=2.60) and private school teachers (M=2.27). Both means fall within the moderate range, however, while private school teachers experience lower than average levels of stress, the stress levels of teachers in public schools falls in the higher than average range. Recommendations for reducing stress levels in both private and public schools are presented as well as suggestions for future research.
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Bevan, Anthony John William. "Occupational stress and strain in South Australian dentists /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1999. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09SPS/09spsb571.pdf.

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Parry-Jones, Beth. "Innovative practice and occupational stress in care management." Thesis, Bangor University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.275178.

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Proctor, John L. "Occupational stress among primary teachers : individuals in organizations." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.358110.

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In the current study, 349 teachers of all grades from 30 primary schools with rolls of over 200 pupils in a large Regional Authority were surveyed. In addition to a specially prepared questionnaire, measures of anxiety and depression, personality, and work environment were used. As well as employing a cross-sectional experimental design, a longitudinal component was introduced by carrying out two further surveys of anxiety and depression levels during the school year. Included in the third survey was a dependency grid designed to investigate the social support networks available to class teachers. Finally, semi-structured interviews were carried out in four schools, two in which a high proportion of teachers were reporting high levels of anxiety and two in which the overall level of anxiety was low. The principal finding was that over one third of teachers were reporting 'clinical' levels of anxiety whereas only one twentieth of the sample were returning 'clinical' depression scores. Univariate analysis indicated that, in the case of class teachers, stressors that correlated most highly with anxiety were organizational in the form of work load, time pressures, and role conflict. However, there were indications that supportive promoted staff were associated with lower levels of anxiety amongst class teachers and this finding was further substantiated by the results of the dependency grid and also a discriminant function analysis. Semi-structured interviews highlighted the differences in the social climates of high and low anxiety schools. Although individual characteristics such as personality factors in the form of neuroticism and, to a lesser extent, locus of control were associated with anxiety levels the primary finding was that the characteristics of a school as a social institution were powerful predictors of the anxiety levels being reported by class teachers and schools. Moreover, the promoted staff appeared to play a key role in the nature of a school's social climate.
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Garzon-Villalba, Ximena Patricia. "Assessment of Prolonged Occupational Exposure to Heat Stress." Thesis, University of South Florida, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10142405.

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Heat stress is a recognized occupational hazard present in many work environments. Its effects increase with increasing environmental heat loads. There is good evidence that exertional heat illness is associated with ambient thermal conditions in outdoor environments. Further, there is reason to believe that risk of acute injury may also increase with the ambient environment. For these reasons, the assessment of heat stress, which can be done through the characterization of the wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT), is designed to limit exposures to those that could be sustained for an 8-h day. The ACGIH Threshold Limit Value (TLV) for heat stress was based on limited data from Lind in the 1960s. Because there are practical limitations of using thermal indices, measurement of physiological parameters, such as body temperature and heart rate are used with environmental indices or as their alternative.

The illness and injury records from the Deepwater Horizon cleanup effort provided an opportunity to examine the effects of ambient thermal conditions on exertional heat illness and acute injury, and also the cumulative effect of the previous day’s environmental conditions. The ability of the current WBGT-based occupational exposure limits to discriminate unsustainable heat exposures, and the proposal of alternative occupational limits was performed on data from two progressive heat stress protocol trials performed at USF. The USF studies also provided the opportunity to explore physiological strain indicators (rectal temperature, heart rate, skin temperature and the Physiological Strain Index) to determine the threshold between unsustainable and sustainable heat exposures. Analysis were performed using Poisson models, conditional logistic regressions, logistic regressions, and receiver operator curves (ROC curves).

It was found that the odds to present an acute event, either exertional heat illness or acute injuries increased significantly with rising environmental conditions above 20 °C (RR 1.40 and RR 1.06, respectively). There was evidence of the cumulative effect from the prior day’s temperature and increased risk of exertional heat illness (RRs from 1.0–10.4). Regarding the accuracy of the current TLV, the results of the present investigation showed that this occupational exposure limit is extremely sensitive to predict cases associated with unsustainable heat exposures, its area under the curve (AUC) was 0.85; however its specificity was very low (specificity=0.05), with a huge percentage of false positives (95%). The suggested alternative models improved the specificity of the occupational exposure limits (specificities from 0.36 to 0.50), maintaining large AUCs (between 0.84 and 0.89). Nevertheless, any decision in trading sensitivity for specificity must be taken with extreme caution because of the steeped increment risk of heat related illness associated with small increments in environmental heat found also in the present study. Physiologic heat strain indices were found as accurate predictors for unsustainable heat stress exposures (AUCs from 0.74 to 0.89), especially when measurements of heart rate and skin temperature are combined (AUC=0.89 with a specificity of 0.56 at a sensitivity=0.95). Their implementation in industrial settings seems to be practical to prevent unsustainable heat stress conditions.

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Garzon-Villalba, Ximena Garzon-Villalba. "Assessment of Prolonged Occupational Exposure to Heat Stress." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6240.

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Heat stress is a recognized occupational hazard present in many work environments. Its effects increase with increasing environmental heat loads. There is good evidence that exertional heat illness is associated with ambient thermal conditions in outdoor environments. Further, there is reason to believe that risk of acute injury may also increase with the ambient environment. For these reasons, the assessment of heat stress, which can be done through the characterization of the wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT), is designed to limit exposures to those that could be sustained for an 8-h day. The ACGIH Threshold Limit Value (TLV) for heat stress was based on limited data from Lind in the 1960s. Because there are practical limitations of using thermal indices, measurement of physiological parameters, such as body temperature and heart rate are used with environmental indices or as their alternative. The illness and injury records from the Deepwater Horizon cleanup effort provided an opportunity to examine the effects of ambient thermal conditions on exertional heat illness and acute injury, and also the cumulative effect of the previous day’s environmental conditions. The ability of the current WBGT-based occupational exposure limits to discriminate unsustainable heat exposures, and the proposal of alternative occupational limits was performed on data from two progressive heat stress protocol trials performed at USF. The USF studies also provided the opportunity to explore physiological strain indicators (rectal temperature, heart rate, skin temperature and the Physiological Strain Index) to determine the threshold between unsustainable and sustainable heat exposures. Analysis were performed using Poisson models, conditional logistic regressions, logistic regressions, and receiver operator curves (ROC curves). It was found that the odds to present an acute event, either exertional heat illness or acute injuries increased significantly with rising environmental conditions above 20 °C (RR 1.40 and RR 1.06, respectively). There was evidence of the cumulative effect from the prior day’s temperature and increased risk of exertional heat illness (RRs from 1.0–10.4). Regarding the accuracy of the current TLV, the results of the present investigation showed that this occupational exposure limit is extremely sensitive to predict cases associated with unsustainable heat exposures, its area under the curve (AUC) was 0.85; however its specificity was very low (specificity=0.05), with a huge percentage of false positives (95%). The suggested alternative models improved the specificity of the occupational exposure limits (specificities from 0.36 to 0.50), maintaining large AUCs (between 0.84 and 0.89). Nevertheless, any decision in trading sensitivity for specificity must be taken with extreme caution because of the steeped increment risk of heat related illness associated with small increments in environmental heat found also in the present study. Physiologic heat strain indices were found as accurate predictors for unsustainable heat stress exposures (AUCs from 0.74 to 0.89), especially when measurements of heart rate and skin temperature are combined (AUC=0.89 with a specificity of 0.56 at a sensitivity=0.95). Their implementation in industrial settings seems to be practical to prevent unsustainable heat stress conditions.
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Collins, Vivian A. "A Meta-Analysis of Burnout and Occupational Stress." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278263/.

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The relationship between occupational stress and burnout was investigated through a meta-analysis of 81 studies and 364 correlations. Occupational stress was measured by role conflict, role ambiguity, workload, cumulative role stress, job specific stress/stressors, and work setting characteristics. Burnout was measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory, 1981 and 1986 versions, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment components of burnout, measures of tedium, and the Staff Burnout Scale for Health Professionals. Thirty occupations in human and non-human service organizations throughout four publication periods were examined. Results indicated occupational stress strongly predicts burnout in non-human service organizations like industry and manufacturing as well as the human services. Job specific stressors most strongly predict burnout across organization types and occupation. Occupational stress predicts emotional exhaustion and depersonalization more than perceptions of reduced personal accomplishment. The findings support the use of transactional models of stress which consider occupational context as a precipitator of burnout, especially emotional exhaustion.
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Madden, Jeffrey D. "Personality and occupational stress in Roman Catholic priests /." The Ohio State University, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487681148541544.

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Al, Hajjar Bashir. "Occupational stress among hospital nurses in Gaza-Palestine." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/occupational-stress-among-hospital-nurses-in-gazapalestine(fd813152-cb7b-4df1-ac78-e0edb2a8d3ec).html.

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Background: Occupational stress in nursing is common worldwide; with rates of 9.20%-68.0% of nurses suffering from stress being reported in the worldwide literature. This thesis reports an investigation into stress among hospital nurses in Gaza Strip-Palestine. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of occupational stress among hospital nurses in Gaza-Palestine and explore possible causal occupational stressors. Method: A quantitative survey design was employed, with a self-administered questionnaire pack being the data collection technique. Data were collected on psychological distress (GHQ-12), depression (SLC-D), sources of stress (NSS), trauma (IES-R) and demographic variables. Open questions were used to enable participants to describe their experiences of stressful events and enable the researcher to collect more in-depth information regarding some aspects of the stress domains. Data were analysed by SPSS using a variety of descriptive and inferential statistical methods: T-test, one way ANOVA and logistic regression were employed.Sample: The study population is the entire cohort of nurses who were working in the 16 hospitals in Gaza (1801 nurses; 985 males) during the period August 2009 through March 2010. Because of difficulties in access, only 1500 were able to receive questionnaire packs and 1133 were completed and returned (response rate=75.53%). Results: The results of this study revealed a high prevalence of psychological distress (63%, GHQ-12 cut-off=6), depression (59.7%, SCL-D cut-off=1.5) and trauma (69.4%, IES-R cut-off=35). The most severe occupational stressors were: ‘Not enough staff to adequately cover the unit’, ‘Lack of drugs and equipments required for nursing care’ and ‘Unpredictable staffing and scheduling’ respectively. The most frequent occupational stressors were: ‘Not enough staff to adequately cover the unit’, ‘Watching a patient suffer’ and ‘Lack of drugs and equipments required for nursing care’ respectively. As subscales, ‘Workload’ and ‘Death and dying’ were the most frequent and severe occupational stressors.Psychological distress was significantly associated with gender, age, experience, night shifts and extra-work. Depression was significantly associated with gender, hospital type, age, night shifts, experience and marital status. Severity of occupational stressors was significantly associated with age, night shifts, specialisation and qualifications. Frequency of occupational stressors was significantly associated with hospital type, experience specialisation and night shifts. Finally, trauma was significantly associated with hospital type, experience and night shifts. The predictors of psychological distress caseness (GHQ-12) were: depression caseness, uncertainty about treatment (severity), experience and qualifications of nurses. Protective factors were: extra work and experience of more than 15 years. Conclusion: Being a nurse in Gaza hospitals appears to be a stressful experience. More attention should be focused to develop an effective programme to reduce stress levels among Palestinian nurses in Gaza.
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Irving, Antionette V. "Occupational Stress and Law Enforcement Officer Significant Relationships." Thesis, Northcentral University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10600665.

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The purpose of this study was to explore the occupational stress on law enforcement officer relationships and if there is a positive or negative impact. Researchers suggest that law enforcement officers carry occupational stress and work- related behaviors home, which may cause negative impacts on their relationships. To accomplish this task a mixed method study examined occupational stress as perceived by law enforcement personnel assignments throughout the Tri-cities of Richmond Virginia to include the County of Henrico and the City of Richmond to determine the existence of stress experienced and relationships. There is not enough known about the difficulties officers experience in their relationships with their loved ones resulting from occupational stress and whether such factors have negative or positive impacts on their emotions and behaviors when at home. A qualitative method of research included one-on-one interviews with 15 full time active law enforcement officers from various ranks, genders, and assignments. Additionally, quantitative methods of research included the usage of Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ-Op and PSQ-Org) to measure both operational and organizational stress, and the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS) to measure the influence on relationships of the officers. These surveys were administered to 89 full time active law enforcement officers from various ranks, genders, and assignments from the City of Richmond and the County of Henrico.

The conceptual themes endorsed by the law enforcement officers were (1) impact of occupational stress, (2) communication and stress (3) whether occupational stress is negative or positive, and (4) resources and support system for significant others. The differences in how the law enforcement officers perceived their stress and the implications on their relationships include (1) lack of resources for significant others, (2) officers finding ways to manage stress, (3) significant others finding ways to manage stress, (4) officer need to communicate with significant other, (5) providing informational and educational sessions for significant others (6) support system for significant others and family members and (7) department providing a support system of resources to manage stress for officers.

The results found suggest implications for law enforcement departments to implement several items to assist with officer occupational stress and their significant relationships. The results of the study described the need for programs, services and resources for officers and their significant others. This includes (1) orientation for officer significant others to assist with understand work schedules and work demands of officers, (2) provide counseling sessions and peer network groups for significant others, (3) provide appreciation and reward to officers that will create a positive work environment, (4) improving training programs to assist officers with physical, emotional and psychological stressors, and (5) intervention measures to assist officers to perform at their highest level and reduce a stressful home environment for their families reducing strain on relationships.

The law enforcement officers perceived that their departments should do more to assist their significant others in understanding their work demands. Additionally, officers explained the departments must do more to ensure that their significant understand what to do if the officer is experiencing occupational stress or a traumatic incident. The officers expressed that their occupational stress have both negative and positive implications in their significant relationships. The officers explained the importance of communication with their significant other as it relates to occupational stress and their relationships

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Le, Van Thanh. "Occupational stress among academic women in Viet Nam." Thesis, Curtin University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1295.

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The present research aims to bring deeper understanding and insight into the perceptions and experiences of women in relation to occupational stress, and associated coping mechanisms, in the unique cultural context of Vietnam. The study also examines differences in perceptions of occupational stress and the coping mechanisms across subgroups of women (age, education background, occupational roles & levels, marital status and experience) and makes a comparison with perspectives in other cultures.A qualitative, grounded theory approach was used to study occupational stress by collecting data from in-depth interviews with 42 academic women employed at Vietnamese higher education institutions to understand the meaning that these women attach to occupational stress; the nature and source of the occupational stress they experience; the impact of occupational stress on their lives; and the coping mechanisms they deploy in response to occupational stress.Cultural factors play an important role in occupational stress. Cultural factors influence experiences of occupational stress and the ways occupational stress is responded to. The Vietnamese context differs from other cultural contexts in the range of factors perceived as stressors for Vietnamese women.The study findings can be used to give voice to Vietnamese women experiencing occupational stress; to inform university policy makers with regard to occupational stress experienced by women in Vietnamese higher education; and to benefit scholars studying occupational stress in different cultural contexts via a conceptual consideration of the cultural aspects of occupational stress.The work adds to the few extant studies on occupational stress which have used grounded theory. By so doing, gaps in the existing grounded theory research on occupational stress are identified and proposals for future occupational stress research are put forward. This research is the first grounded theory study of occupational stress among women academics in Vietnam that determines that cultural factors play an important role in how women understand and respond to occupational stress and supports the growing evidence that occupational stress is common, global and varies between cultures.
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Jones, Nigel V. "Occupational stress, a cross-sectional and logitudinal analysis." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1996. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/953.

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This study investigated the presence of occupational stress among teachers. It did not set out to identify and explain variables associated with stress among teachers, rather the study focussed on the multitude of variables identified in the literature and sought to include these in a more extensive causal model. The study was conducted in two main stages. Firstly, a cross-sectional survey investigated the presence of stress among 230 teachers, as measured by Psychological Stress, Physical Health, Job Satisfaction and & desire to Leave their Job. The survey obtained information on stress outcome variables (Psychological Stress, Physical Health, Job Satisfaction and Wanting to Leave), biographical information, personality (Hardiness, Type A Behaviour, Locus of Control, Extraversion and Neuroticism), psycho-social variables, (Social Support, Problem Solving, Emotional Coping mechanisms and Self Esteem) and work and life stressors (Role Conflict, Role Ambiguity, Job Responsibility, Job Future Ambiguity, Underutilization of Skill, Inequity of Pay, participation in Decision Making, Administrative Support, Relationships with Peers, Extra Work, Wanted Extra Work, Workload, Work Hours and major Life Events). Causal models using path analysis were then generated to account for the relationships found within the data. Secondly a longitudinal study over six months was conducted on 242 teachers. The causal models generated in the first study were re-tested on this second group of teachers, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally. Furthermore the importance of existing levels of stress in the prediction of future stress was assessed. Finally a three year follow up was conducted on the survey's participants. The results of the investigations revealed that:-(i) the utility of demographic information in the stress process was inconsistent. (ii) that among measures of work stressors there are replication and redundancies. (iii) that the different stress outcome measures had different predictors. (iv) that the best fitting causal models for the stress process were direct effect models. (v) that existing stress levels am an important factor in the prediction of future stress levels. (vi) that those teachers who indicated a desire to leave teaching and/or were experiencing psychological stress, were more likely to leave teaching three years later. (vii) that there is a need to standardize both the outcome and predictor variables used in stress research. The implications of these results were then discussed as were areas for future research.
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Spies, Jennifer. "The relationship between occupational stressors, occupational stress and burnout among trauma unit nursing staff." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162005-152554.

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Kahn, Howard. "Stress in the dealing room." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302880.

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Chilton, Ross A. "Occupational stress, coping behavior, coping efficacy, and occupational satisfaction, organizational commitment, and propensity to leave teaching." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29483.

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This study was concerned with the extent to which coping behavior, coping efficacy, and their interaction are associated with job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and propensity to leave teaching, after the effects of gender, stressor type, perceived stress, and control over stressor are accounted for. Respondents were 266 teachers from two British Columbia school districts covering smaller urban and rural areas. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire package distributed and collected through the district mail systems including: (a) demographic data, (b) 3 subsales from the revised version of the Teacher Stress Inventory (Pettegrew & Wolf, 1982), (c) 2 subscales from a coping efforts scale (Latack, 1986), (d) a modified version of the coping efforts scale measuring 2 subscales of coping efficacy, (e) the job satisfaction subscale from the Teacher Stress Inventory, (f) the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (Mowday, Steers, & Porter, 1979), (g) a propensity to leave measure (Lyons, 1971), and (h) 8 single-item questions. Preliminary analysis was done to compare male and female teachers and to determine the influence of reluctance to complete the questionnaire. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to examine relations among variables entered in six levels: (1) gender and stressor type; (2) perceived stress; (3) perceived control over stressor; (4) control and escape coping; (5) perceived control and escape efficacy; and (6) control and escape products. The first regression equation reached significance, F(10,213)=13.68, p< .01, and accounted for 39% of the variance of occupational satisfaction. The second regression equation reached significance, F(10,213)=9.33, p<.0l, and accounted for 30% of the variance of propensity to leave teaching. The third regression equation reached significance, F(10,213)=7.6I, p<.0l, and accounted for 26% of the variance of organizational commitment. Partial support was found for the influence with control coping efficacy accounting for a significant increase in the variance of organizational commitment, and the control coping x efficacy interaction accounting for a significant increase in the variance for propensity to leave teaching. Other control efficacy measures, efficacy products, and all escape efficacy measures failed to account for a significant increase in variance. High control coping behavior was related to lower levels of occupational satisfaction, organizational commitment, and a desire to remain in teaching. High escape coping behavior was related to lower occupation satisfaction. Recommendations for the school environment are made as well as directions for future research.
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Vieira, Ana Paula. "A study of occupational stressors in retail staff." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1994. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/792169/.

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Ehlin, Maria, and Sanna Rundquist. "Stress och aktivitetsbalans bland lärare : En enkätundersökning." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Hälsohögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-39994.

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Psykisk ohälsa ökar i samhället och de som arbetar inom kontaktyrken löper stor risk att utsättas för stress. Tre av tio lärare i förskoleklass, grundskolan och fritidshem har besvär relaterade till arbetet som i stor utsträckning är orsakad av stress. En individs aktivitetsbalans påverkar dennes hälsa och välbefinnande. Syftet var att beskriva lärares självskattade stress och aktivitetsbalans. Examensarbetet gjordes genom en kvantitativ tvärsnittsstudie med bakgrundsfrågor, frågor om stress och instrumentet Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ). Det var 57 respondenter som besvarade enkäten. Respondenterna skattade högre stress på arbetet än utanför arbetet. Respondenterna har en relativt låg aktivitetsbalans. Det finns ett signifikant negativt samband mellan stress och aktivitetsbalans. Det finns ingen signifikant skillnad mellan respondenterna med hemmaboende barn och utan hemmaboende barn, på variablerna stress på arbetet, stress utanför arbetet eller aktivitetsbalans. Arbetsterapeuter skulle kunna ge hälsofrämjande och förebyggande insatser till lärare, för att minska deras stress och bibehålla och förbättra deras aktivitetsbalans. Resultatet kan inte generaliseras då det är få respondenter, men det kan ligga till grund för vidare studier.
Mental illness increases in the society and those who works in contact professions have a high risk be exposed to stress. Three in ten preschool teachers, recreation instructors and compulsory school teachers have troubles related to the work, stress is a common cause. A person’s occupational balance influences health and well-being. The purpose was to describe self-rated stress and occupational balance among teachers and recreation instructors. A quantitative cross-sectional study which included demographic questions, questions about stress and the Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ). There was 57 participants. The participants self-rated higher stress at work than outside work. The participants had a low occupational balanced. It was a negative correlation between stress and occupational balanced. It was no significant difference between those living with or without children, on the variables stress at work, outside work or occupational balanced. Occupational therapists can provide health promotional and prevention measures to teachers and recreation instructors to decrease their stress, maintain and improve their occupational balance. The results can not be generalize because of a low number of participants, but it can be used for future studies.
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McDaniel, Matthew Moses. "Occupational stress and coping in community mental health workers." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/57393.

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Community Mental Health Workers (CMHWs) support clients facing mental health challenges through work within client communities. This study examined self-efficacy, perceived stress, coping style, and burnout in CMHWs. One hundred and one CMHW’s were recruited from three housing, public health, and community service organizations within Vancouver. Participants completed a survey containing The General Self-Efficacy Scale, The Perceived Stress Scale, The Brief COPE, and The Maslach Burnout Inventory. It was hypothesized that (a) self-efficacy will relate differently to perceived stress regarding years of experience, (b) burnout will be related to years of experience, (c) disengagement coping strategies will correlate positively with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, (d) disengagement coping strategies will correlate negatively with personal accomplishment, (e) engagement coping strategies will correlate positively with self-efficacy and correlate negatively with perceived stress, and (f) males and females will differ in their pattern of coping with stress. Results indicated that self-efficacy related differently to perceived stress regarding experience and burnout was not related to years of experience, but was related to age. Disengagement coping strategies and engagement coping strategies correlated with related variables as hypothesized. Males and females differed in their pattern of coping with stress. Results are discussed in relation to current literature. Implications for future research and practice are suggested.
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Remmer, Jean Anne. "Occupational stress of volunteers in an oncology support program." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=56921.

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This descriptive study explores the experience of stress and coping by volunteers working in a cancer support program. Using a model developed by Mary Vachon (1987) who looked at occupational stress of health professionals in critical care areas, methods of content analysis were applied to interviews with six volunteers, three of whom were cancer survivors. Differences in the quality of the stress and in the coping experience were explored. Findings indicate that occupational stress was present for volunteers. The major stressors common to all were issues of relationships with patients and the demands of the role. For volunteers who had had a cancer diagnosis a major stressor distinguishing them was the death of volunteer colleagues. Overall, volunteers utilized a range of coping resources offered by the organization and from within themselves. Key implications include the need to acknowledge not only the strengths of the program and volunteers but the sources of stress, particularly the illness of volunteer colleagues. Maintaining an adequate staff-to-volunteer ratio is essential. Suggestions for volunteer support structures are offered.
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Glover, Donna. "The lived experience of occupational stress in NHS podiatrists." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488789.

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Occupational stress is acknowledged to be a common health issue for allied health care professionals. To date there have not been any studies which have investigated the lived experience of this phenomenon amongst practising NHS podiatrists. This study adopted a phenomenological approach to data generation following the philosophy of Hans Georg Gadamer (1975) and his concepts of fusion of horizons, a positive view of prejudices and the hermeneutic circle. The methods utilized included the use of individually constructed collages and semi-structured in-depth interviews. The sample consisted of ten randomly selected podiatrists working across five community health and social care partnerships in NHS Scotland. The data gave rise to two main themes: (1) the relationship between an individual’s autonomy and team working, and, (2) the patient-podiatrist relationship. Findings suggested that occupational stress can be the result of an imbalance between required and perceived levels of autonomy in practice and that this autonomy can be restricted due to team working or the patient podiatrist relationship. This has resulted in the proposal of a new definition of autonomy. The definition defines two elements: (1) Professional autonomy, or an individual’s control over the external factors that contribute to their professional work. (2) Clinical autonomy, defined as an individual’s freedom to make clinical decisions. Findings suggest that when experienced podiatrists’ expectations of being a professional are unmet that this contributes to the experience of stress. This research recommends that autonomy and professionalism for practitioners be considered in daily practice, and that such concepts be included as part of the undergraduate programme in order to better prepare students for the challenges faced in practice.
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Newton, Tim. "Coping with occupational stress : an investigation among graduate engineers." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/1009.

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Swanson, Vivien. "Occupational stress, job satisfaction and role conflict in doctors." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2201.

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Based on a transactional model of stressors, mediators/moderators and strains, this large scale study investigated occupational stress, job satisfaction and role conflict in doctors in Scotland using a self-report questionnaire methodology. The sample of 986 doctors included male and female general practitioners (GPs) and specialist consultants. The relationship between sources and levels of occupational stress and job satisfaction was investigated using scales from the Occupational Stress Indicator (OSI) (Cooper et al 1988), considering the role of intervening variables mcludmg age, gender, marital/parental status, medical speciality, coping and attitudes. The relationship between occupational and domestic stressors and satisfactions was examined using theoretically denved models of additivity and asymmetric permeability of roles. A range of analytic procedures mcluding multivanate analysis of variance, hierarchical regression, factor analysis and qualitative content analysis methods were employed. Results mdicated that GPs recorded greater stress and lower job satisfaction than consultants on the OSI scales Managenal or structural occupational factors, and factors intrinsic to medical work were major stressors. Patient care was both a main source of stress and job satisfaction. The rather small magnitude of differences in stress and satisfaction between subject groups, and between subject groups and norms for the OSI scales was offset by clear evidence of stress related to doctors occupational roles, domestic roles, and gender roles elucidated using more qualitative methodologies. Subjects' age, gender and medical speciality were shown to affect the relationship between occupational stress and job satisfaction. Younger doctors, male GPs and female consultants experienced greater stress and less job satisfaction. Coping efficacy was negatively related to occupational stress and positively related to job satisfaction for GPs, and male and female GPs employed different styles of coping with stressors. Comparison of consultant specialities revealed differences in sources and levels of occupational stress and job satisfaction with Public Health Consultants recording most stress. Both male and female doctors with multiple occupational and domestic role demands reported higher levels of stress. Stress from work to home was found to be greater than stress from home to work for both male and female doctors. Recommendations and implications of the research for doctors, patients, and the National Health Service are discussed.
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Kinman, Gail Francis. "Occupational stress and work-life balance in UK academics." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/14325.

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The research presented in this thesis aimed to provide insight into the work-related wellbeing of a little-studied occupational group: academic employees working in universities in the UK. More specifically, it examined how aspects of the content and context of academic work were related to the health, job satisfaction, work-life balance, and turnover intentions of employees. The findings of an initial questionnaire study (Study 1) administered to a national sample of academic staff highlighted a number of features of work that were strong predictors of psychological distress and job satisfaction, and worthy of further investigation. Two main issues emerged from this initial research that were examined in greater depth in a subsequent national study of academic employees (Study 2). Firstly, the predictive validity Of two theoretical models of job stress (the Job Demand-Control-Support and the Effort-Reward Imbalance models) was tested in explaining strain outcomes. A model that comprised elements of both theoretical frameworks (most notably job control, rewards and overcommitment) was found to be a more effective predictor of some strain outcomes than either model independently. A combination of generic and job-specific demands was found to be a major predictor of job satisfaction. Secondly, the nature, predictors and outcomes of work-life conflict experienced by academics were investigated through the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. A model that combined generic and job-specific job demands, working practices, supportive features of the working environment, and over-commitment predicted a considerable proportion of the variance in perceived conflict. Findings suggest that preferences for work-life integration are subject to considerable variation, as are the strategies utilised by academics to minimise conflict between work and home. Although certain practices might facilitate work-life balance, others pose a risk to wellbeing. The final study (Study 3) introduced a longitudinal element to this programme of research. Comparisons between the findings of Studies 1 and 2 (conducted six years apart) found no significant improvement in levels of specific stressors and strains in the study period. Comparisons were also made between the overall levels of psychological health of academic staff and those reported by other professional groups and the general population of the UK. The very poor level of psychological health found amongst academics in 1998 remained stable in 2004; this gave cause for concern, as did the discrepancy between levels of job demands and social support found, and those recommended by Health and Safety Executive benchmarks for the management of specific job stressors. The findings of this research programme highlight the important role of the working environment in shaping the antecedents, experience and expression of occupational stress. It is therefore argued that a job-specific approach to the study of workplace stress has greater potential to aid the development of interventions to promote the wellbeing of employees. Based on the findings reported in this thesis, a range of strategies and initiatives are recommended that have the potential to improve the wellbeing and job satisfaction of academic employees in the light of growing concerns about recruitment and retention in the sector.
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Daniels, Kevin. "Occupational stress and control : implications for employee well-being." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.305264.

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Welch, Teresa Lynn. "The Sources and Extent of Public Defender Occupational Stress." Thesis, Nova Southeastern University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10824847.

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Utah public defenders (n = 96) completed a survey tool that provided data on their sources and extent of occupational stress. The data also indicated any differences in job-stressors scores, perceived stress scores, and occupational burnout scores when comparing public defenders by their demographic factors. Having too many cases is the most stressful of 35 job stressors and is moderately more stressful for female public defenders than for male public defenders, t(94) = –2.98, p = .004, d = .67. The most stressful of six job-stressor categories is structural/systemic, followed closely by prosecutors.

The PSS-10 indicated that a total of 74% of the Utah public defenders perceive themselves as having moderate or high perceived stress. In addition, female public defenders perceive themselves as experiencing more stress than do the male public defenders, t(94) = –3.53, p = .001, d = .80. ANOVA and Games-Howell post hoc indicated that public defenders aged 60 years or older experience minimally less perceived stress than do public defenders ages 30–39 and 50–59 years old, F(4,18.64) = 4.748, p = .008, η 2p = .104. The MBI-HSS indicated that Utah public defenders are experiencing moderate (inching towards higher) levels of occupational burnout. ANOVA and Tukey post hoc indicated that public defenders age 60 years or older experience minimally less emotional exhaustion than are public defenders ages 30–39 and 50–59 years old, F(4, 91) = 2.833, p = .029, η2 p = .111.

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Rytting, Johanna. "An Emergency department under strain : Occupational stress in nurses." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för omvårdnad, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-179871.

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Bakgrund: Vårdpersonal på akutmottagning besitter en högre autonomi, bredare kompetens samt högre nivå av teamarbete och kommunikation vilket har visat en lindrande effekt på arbetsrelaterad stress. Trots detta har tidigare studier rapporterat att sjuksköterskor som arbetar på akutmottagning i större utsträckning upplever arbetsrelaterad stress till skillnad från sjuksköterskor som arbetar inom andra vårdinstanser.  Motiv: Kvalitativ forskning inom det valda ämnet arbetsrelaterad stress hos sjuksköterskor på akutmottagning är limiterat och det föreligger brist på vetenskapliga studier som utförts på akutmottagning i Sverige. De besparings- och effektiviseringskrav vården står inför har resulterat i ökad arbetsbörda och arbetsrelaterad stress hos akutsjukvårdspersonalen. Motivet till studien var att bidra med en djupare kunskap om sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av stress på akutmottagning i norra delen av Sverige.   Syfte: Att belysa sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av arbetsrelaterad stress på akutmottagning.  Metod: Studien utfördes på ett mindre länsdelssjukhus i norra Sverige och kvalitativ metod innehållande enskilda intervjuer valdes då ambitionen var att studera sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av arbetsrelaterad stress. Kvalitativ innehållsanalys användes vid analys av textmaterialet. Resultat: Studiens fynd omfattade tre teman och dessa var; Att känna sig belastad och otillräcklig, Strävar efter kontroll samt Hinder inom verksamheten.  Konklusion: Sjuksköterskor på akutmottagning blir ofta utsatta för tidspress, hög arbetsbörda och prestationskrav vilket ökar risken för arbetsrelaterad stress. Stöd från arbetsgruppen i form av reflekterande samtal  är av stor vikt och det finns ett behov av reflekterande gruppsamtal för att förbättra det sociala stödet och teamkänslan på akutmottagningen.
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Fairnie, Helen M. "Occupational injury, disease and stress in the veterinary profession /." Full text available, 2005. http://adt.curtin.edu.au/theses/available/adt-WCU20070528.140327.

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Fairnie, Helen Margaret. "Occupational injury, disease and stress in the veterinary profession." Thesis, Curtin University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/816.

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Scant attention has been given to occupational health hazards of Australian veterinarians. This study aimed to identify the major risk factors for occupational injury and disease, emotional health and suicide rates of veterinarians. Qualitative in-depth interviews with 45 veterinarians were carried out which revealed that a significant proportion of veterinarians were both injured, stressed and had incurred zoonotic diseases. Data linkage of the names of registered veterinarians in Western Australia with four Health Department of Western Australia databases was undertaken to provide supportive statistics on the conditions identified as being important in the interviews. The results of this latter analysis were inconclusive. Therefore a self-administered questionnaire was developed, which collected quantitative data on injuries, disease, stress and risk factors from 419 veterinarians. Since the in-depth interviews had identified stress and suicide ideation as being very significant for many of those interviewed, the Kessler 10+ scale for measuring psychological distress was included in the self-administered questionnaire. The data linkage was unable to provide accurate data about numbers of deaths of veterinarians and the records of coroners in Victoria and Western Australia which provided data on 89 veterinarians, were analysed to determine suicide rates. Despite the interviews providing considerable information about rates and risk factors for injuries, disease and stress, no statistical analyses were undertaken because they provided insufficient data for quantitative analyses.Nevertheless, statistics derived from the morbidity database using data-linkage, will be useful in comparing injuries in any future studies of this type. Data collected from the self-administered questionnaire were subjected to Chi square, and non-parametric tests and logistic regression analyses using multiple imputation for missing values. Age-standardised and age-specific rates (ASR) were calculated for data on suicide in veterinarians derived from coroners' records obtained from Western Australia and Victoria using the Rates Calculator developed by Codde.' The interviews and the survey of 464 veterinarians showed that a significant proportion of veterinarians incurred injuries and zoonotic diseases, and were highly stressed and distressed. The interviews showed that a significant proportion of veterinarians expected to be injured and/or contract zoonotic diseases. It is suggested that this acceptance may, in part, account for the number of injuries that occur. Some of these injuries, especially in mixed animal veterinarians, may be attributable to poor facilities on farms and a lack of competent support in restraint of animals. There needs to be a cultural change with regard to safety if injury is to be reduced. Using the Chi-squared analyses of the survey data, injury was associated with several risk factors including being a practice owner and being in mixed animal practice, being younger and with having taken drugs such as marijuana in the past 12 months.When all these variables were input into a logistic regression model, several of these risk factors were eliminated providing only three risk factors as predictors of injury. These were: having a back injury; taking drugs in the previous 12 months; and being between 35 and 54 years of age. Having high distress levels was not a predictor for injury. Analyses of responses to the KlOi- scale in the self-administered questionnaire revealed that the proportion of highly distressed respondents was double that of the Western Australian, New South Wales and Australian general populations which supports the findings from the interviews. Logistic regression provided three predictors for distress: being less than 35 years of age, having taken drugs in the past 12 months, and having a back injury, however having other workplace injuries was not a predictor. The findings that the suicide rate in this study was about four times that of the general Australian adult population, should be of major concern and signal that there may be factors specific to the veterinary profession that account for this high rate. This study has shown that there are high levels of psychological distress in veterinarians, especially practitioners, which suggests that veterinary practice may, in itself, be a stressful occupation. However, it may also be that some individuals with a predilection for distress, are being recruited into the veterinary profession.Better selection techniques for recruiting veterinary students using an aptitude test as well as interviews, could identify those who were unsuited for becoming veterinarians or who required additional mentoring and support upon graduation. This could reduce stress, distress and suicide in the veterinary profession. Overall, 17 recommendations were made directed at improving the quality of data collection to obtain more reliable statistical outcomes, and suggesting ways of reducing injury, distress and zoonotic disease in veterinarians.
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Fairnie, Helen Margaret. "Occupational injury, disease and stress in the veterinary profession." Curtin University of Technology, Australian Telecommunications Research Institute, 2005. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=17084.

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Scant attention has been given to occupational health hazards of Australian veterinarians. This study aimed to identify the major risk factors for occupational injury and disease, emotional health and suicide rates of veterinarians. Qualitative in-depth interviews with 45 veterinarians were carried out which revealed that a significant proportion of veterinarians were both injured, stressed and had incurred zoonotic diseases. Data linkage of the names of registered veterinarians in Western Australia with four Health Department of Western Australia databases was undertaken to provide supportive statistics on the conditions identified as being important in the interviews. The results of this latter analysis were inconclusive. Therefore a self-administered questionnaire was developed, which collected quantitative data on injuries, disease, stress and risk factors from 419 veterinarians. Since the in-depth interviews had identified stress and suicide ideation as being very significant for many of those interviewed, the Kessler 10+ scale for measuring psychological distress was included in the self-administered questionnaire. The data linkage was unable to provide accurate data about numbers of deaths of veterinarians and the records of coroners in Victoria and Western Australia which provided data on 89 veterinarians, were analysed to determine suicide rates. Despite the interviews providing considerable information about rates and risk factors for injuries, disease and stress, no statistical analyses were undertaken because they provided insufficient data for quantitative analyses.
Nevertheless, statistics derived from the morbidity database using data-linkage, will be useful in comparing injuries in any future studies of this type. Data collected from the self-administered questionnaire were subjected to Chi square, and non-parametric tests and logistic regression analyses using multiple imputation for missing values. Age-standardised and age-specific rates (ASR) were calculated for data on suicide in veterinarians derived from coroners' records obtained from Western Australia and Victoria using the Rates Calculator developed by Codde.' The interviews and the survey of 464 veterinarians showed that a significant proportion of veterinarians incurred injuries and zoonotic diseases, and were highly stressed and distressed. The interviews showed that a significant proportion of veterinarians expected to be injured and/or contract zoonotic diseases. It is suggested that this acceptance may, in part, account for the number of injuries that occur. Some of these injuries, especially in mixed animal veterinarians, may be attributable to poor facilities on farms and a lack of competent support in restraint of animals. There needs to be a cultural change with regard to safety if injury is to be reduced. Using the Chi-squared analyses of the survey data, injury was associated with several risk factors including being a practice owner and being in mixed animal practice, being younger and with having taken drugs such as marijuana in the past 12 months.
When all these variables were input into a logistic regression model, several of these risk factors were eliminated providing only three risk factors as predictors of injury. These were: having a back injury; taking drugs in the previous 12 months; and being between 35 and 54 years of age. Having high distress levels was not a predictor for injury. Analyses of responses to the KlOi- scale in the self-administered questionnaire revealed that the proportion of highly distressed respondents was double that of the Western Australian, New South Wales and Australian general populations which supports the findings from the interviews. Logistic regression provided three predictors for distress: being less than 35 years of age, having taken drugs in the past 12 months, and having a back injury, however having other workplace injuries was not a predictor. The findings that the suicide rate in this study was about four times that of the general Australian adult population, should be of major concern and signal that there may be factors specific to the veterinary profession that account for this high rate. This study has shown that there are high levels of psychological distress in veterinarians, especially practitioners, which suggests that veterinary practice may, in itself, be a stressful occupation. However, it may also be that some individuals with a predilection for distress, are being recruited into the veterinary profession.
Better selection techniques for recruiting veterinary students using an aptitude test as well as interviews, could identify those who were unsuited for becoming veterinarians or who required additional mentoring and support upon graduation. This could reduce stress, distress and suicide in the veterinary profession. Overall, 17 recommendations were made directed at improving the quality of data collection to obtain more reliable statistical outcomes, and suggesting ways of reducing injury, distress and zoonotic disease in veterinarians.
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Moyle, Penelope Jane. "The stress process in occupational settings : the role of psychosocial factors." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1995. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:fab0dbb4-7012-42ba-92b4-c63d72d6b078.

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This thesis is concerned with the direct and indirect mechanisms through which psychosocial stressors affect well-being, within the framework of the Michigan Model (House, 1981). An additional aim is to examine the stress process during workplace transitions. Empirical studies were conducted in three occupational settings: a cross-sectional pilot study with a sample of white-collar employees of several companies (N=144), and two longitudinal studies with samples drawn from a single retail chain, the "manager study" (N=261) and the "relocation study" (N=175). Although statistical control for individual differences (including response style) attenuated associations between work characteristics and strain outcomes, in all three samples work characteristics jointly contributed to the explanation of job satisfaction and psychological distress. More specifically, perceptions of control and social support were associated with job satisfaction, while work demands played a significant role in explaining symptom report. Furthermore, symptom levels predicted work absence in a combined sample of retail employees (N=221). In addition to direct effects, mediation and moderation patterns were examined. Results suggested that work perceptions partially mediated relations between personality (specifically locus of control beliefs and neuroticism) and strain. A similar pattern of mediation was apparent for social support. However, evidence for moderation of the stress process by individual and work characteristics was equivocal. Cross-sectional analyses using the manager sample data revealed significant interactions of control and Type A behaviour with work characteristics, but these interactions were not consistent in form with theory and past research. In contrast, in the longitudinal relocation study interactions were consistent with expectations: the negative impact of change was buffered by social support from senior colleagues and perceptions of control. Longitudinal analyses also demonstrated negative effects of workplace change; decreasing job satisfaction was observed during organisational restructuring, and transfer to a new branch was associated with increased psychological distress. Furthermore latent variable models revealed that changes in support, role ambiguity, and control over time were predictive of changes in job satisfaction. Overall, the present studies emphasise the need to examine simultaneously the joint influences of individual and work characteristics in occupational stress research. In this way the direct and indirect mechanisms through which psychosocial factors influence strain may be more fully understood, and strain-reducing interventions devised.
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Kilfedder, Catherine J. "An interactional model of occupational stress in health service employees." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21835.

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This large scale study (869 participants from a mental health Trust) employed a questionnaire based on an interactional model of occupational stress to investigate (i) burnout in psychiatric nurses, (ii) occupational stress in medics and the professions allied to medicine, (iii) job satisfaction in health service management and support staff, and (iv) the moderating effect of social support in health service personnel. A range of analytic procedures were used including hierarchical regression analysis. Levels of burnout in nurses were low overall, although a significant proportion reported higher levels of emotional exhaustion. Among nurses, negative affectivity and predictability acted as common factors across the three constructs of the burnout syndrome. Medics and professions allied to medicine (P.AM. 's) reported similar levels of stressors to each other. Role ambiguity, role conflict and predictability, in combination with negative affectivity, accounted for most of the reported work related stressors of medics and P.AM. 's. Levels of job satisfaction in management and support staff was on a par with their peers elsewhere. Role ambiguity, role conflict, job future ambiguity, control and non-occupational concerns had an influence on job satisfaction among management and support staff. A significant proportion of nurses, medics and P.AM.'s reported low levels of work support. Those most at risk in this regard appeared to be highly educated, community based, non-shift workers. Higher levels of support were associated with increased job satisfaction and lower levels of both emotional exhaustion and psychological distress. The model adopted in the present study, although not necessarily applicable to all occupational groups, had utility in understanding the complex relationships between variables in this population from a mental health Trust. Despite common themes emerging across occupational groups, clear differences were also apparent, reinforcing the need for tailor-made interventions in occupational stress. The results also highlighted the necessity of including individual characteristics and nonoccupational stressors in any consideration of occupational stress. Further recommendations for each occupational group and the NHS in general are discussed.
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Henshall, Claire. "Understanding stress reducing adaptation in the work place." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2978.

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Batista, Laura C. "The Relationship Between Occupational Stress and Instigator Workplace Incivility as Moderated by Personality: A Test of an Occupational Stress and Workplace Incivility Model." FIU Digital Commons, 2017. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3396.

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In the face of competition and competing demands on organizations, employees are taxed to exert more effort with fewer resources. The type of environment can create the recipe for increased levels of occupational stress and an environment of increased workplace incivility.Therefore, it is not surprising that research has begun to look at the interaction between occupational stress and workplace incivility. The current work environment requires employees to exert more effort or face negative consequences from supervisors and peers. All too often, the salary increases, bonus structure, career progression, job security and mobility that might be reasonably expected from producing such extra effort do not align with organizational reality. The vexing situation creates workplace settings in which employees would be more likely to release their frustrations generated by unmet expectations through engaging in uncivil behaviors. Andersson and Pearson (1999) define workplace incivility as a “low-intensity deviant behavior with ambiguous intent to harm the target, in violation of workplace norms for mutual respect” (p. 457). The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the relationship between occupational stress and instigator workplace incivility, as moderated by personality, to select organizational outcomes (i.e., perceived physical health and intent to turnover). Data were collected from 206 fulltime working adults in the healthcare industry utilizing Amazon MTurk. Moderated hierarchical regressions were conducted to test the possible moderating role of personality on the stress-incivility relationship; the results demonstrated partial support for H1-H4. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted also to explore the degree stress and incivility predicted the outcome variables of perceived physical health and intentions to turnover; the data indicated support for the notion that greater stress and incivility positively predicted turnover intent. The findings suggest that personality did play a role in the stress-incivility relationship. Conscientiousness and agreeableness dampened the relationship, while neuroticism and extraversion strengthened the relationship. Further, this study found that intent to turnover increased as workplace incivility also increased, even after controlling for stress. Future research was proposed to test the models examined in this study in different settings, with additional moderators, and longitudinally. The practical findings suggest the possible utility of stress reduction training to reduce the likelihood of uncivil behavior.
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Anehall, Carola, and Ming Thongchai. "Aktivitetsbalans och stress hos gymnasieungdomar på yrkesprogram i gymnasiet : En jämförelse mellan könen." Thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ, Avd. för rehabilitering, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-44697.

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Gymnasieungdomar upplever mycket stress, främst på grund av studier. Den psykiska ohälsan bland ungdomar ökar och tjejer är betydligt mer stressade än killar. Stress kan påverka studiemotivationen negativt och kan leda till studieavbrott som försenar inträdet på arbetsmarknaden. Syftet var att kartlägga aktivitetsbalans och stress hos tjejer och killar på yrkesprogram inom gymnasiet. En kvantitativ studie i form av en enkätundersökning genomfördes med 50 respondenter på olika gymnasieskolor i södra Sverige. Spearmans rangkorrelationskoefficient (rho) användes för att analysera om det fanns något samband mellan aktivitetsbalans och stress. Majoriteten av respondenterna hade medelhög aktivitetsbalans (39) eller högre, det fanns ingen statistiskt signifikant skillnad i aktivitetsbalans mellan könen. Det fanns en statistiskt signifikant skillnad i upplevd stress mellan könen, tjejer upplevde mer stress än killar. Det fanns ett statistiskt signifikant samband mellan aktivitetsbalans och upplevd stress hos tjejerna men inte hos killarna. Att möjliggöra för ungdomar att bibehålla eller förbättra aktivitetsbalans kan vara ett sätt att främja och förebygga stress och annan psykisk ohälsa.
High school youths experience a lot of stress, mainly because of studies. The mental illness among young people increases and girls are significantly more stressed than boys. Stress can affect the study motivation negatively and can lead to interruptions that delay entry into the labor market. The aim of the study was to survey occupational balance and stress among girls and boys at vocational programs in high school. A quantitative study in the form of a survey was conducted with 50 respondents at various upper secondary schools in southern Sweden. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (rho)was used to analyze whether there was any relationship between occupational balance and stress. The majority of respondents had medium occupational balance (39) or higher, there was no statistically significant difference in occupational balance between the sexes. There was a statistically significant difference in perceived stress between the sexes, girls perceived more stress than boys. There was a statistically significant relationship between occupational balance and perceived stress in girls. To enable for young people to maintain or improve occupational balance can be a way to promote and prevent stress and other mental illness.
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Jones, Kenneth D. "Occupational stress : a study of stress levels as perceived by selected employees related to situational and dispositional stress /." Diss., This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-170811/.

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