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  • Title: [Appraisal of occupational stress in different gender, age, work duration, educational level and marital status groups].
    Author: Yang XW, Wang ZM, Jin TY.
    Journal: Wei Sheng Yan Jiu; 2006 May; 35(3):268-71. PubMed ID: 16921744.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to assess occupational stress in different gender, age, work duration, educational level and marital status group. METHODS: A test of occupational stress in different gender, age, work duration, educational level and marital status group, was carried out with revised occupational stress inventory (OSI-R) for 4278 participants. RESULTS: The results of gender show that there are heavier occupational role, stronger interpersonal and physical strain in male than that in female, and the differences are statistically significant (P < 0.01). The score of recreation in the male is higher than that in female, but the score of self-care in the female is higher than that in male, and the differences are statistically significant (P < 0.01). Difference in the scores of occupational role, personal resource among various age groups is significant (P < 0.01). Vocational, interpersonal strain scores among various age groups is significant (P < 0.05). The results of educational level analyses suggest that the difference in the scores of occupational stress and strain among various educational levels show statistically significant (P < 0.05), whereas there are no statistic significance of coping resources among the groups (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: The occupational stress so as to improve the work ability of different groups. Different measure should be taken to reduce the occupational stress so as to improve the work ability of different groups.
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