Study On The Occupational Stress Status And Its Influencing Factors Of Females In Suzhou

Objective:Investigate the occupational stress status of professional females in Suzhou.Analyze the differences of total pressure and the four dimensions among thedemographic characteristics such as age, personality, cultural degree, marital status,type of work, the night shift times, working years, and sleep time. Explore the maininfluence factors of female occupational stress. Explore the relationship between thecoping styles and the occupational stress. The deeper study is aim at helping most careerwomen to adjust psychological conditions, relieve stress, avoid the negative impact ofjob burnout and improve the work efficiency.Methods:The study used cluster sampling method. The total study object was divided intothree stratifications according to the level of education, women workers, female nurses,and universities female teachers. Factories, hospitals and universities were selectedrandomly. Then a questionnaire survey was conducted among the participants from thewhole companies. The survey was conducted from Dec.1st,2012to Mar.31st,2013.The data was entered into a database based by epidata3.1.Using PASW Statistics18.0software analyzed the data. The inspection level ɑ=0.05. Using descriptivestatistics analysis, t-test, ANOVA, logistic regression analysis and other analysismethods to explore the status and the related influence factors of woman occupationalstress. Results:1. Through statistics analysis, the standardized average score of the total pressure is2.12±0.44, most (82%) participants stress score is below the level of high pressure. Theoverall level of occupational stress is moderate. The order of the dimensions score fromhigh to low is career development, work factors, role conflict and ambiguity,interpersonal relationships.2. The results of the single factor analysis: there are significant differences (P<0.05)among different age, personality, cultural degree, marital status, type of work, nightshift times, working years and sleep time. In the age group the order of the stress scoreis that: the group of31to40(2.14±0.44),21to30(2.13±0.44),41to50(2.11±0.41),50-year-old and above (2.03±0.43),20-year-old and below (1.85±0.37). Extrovertedfemale s occupational stress condition is better than that of introverts. The score of thejunior college female and the graduate degree is higher than that of bachelor degree,high school degree and below. The divorced woman s score is the highest followed bythe married and the unmarried. Female nurses pressure is higher than female teachersand women workers. The people who have no night shift has the lowest pressure, thosehave6~10times have the highest pressure. The people whose work time within oneyear have the lowest pressure, the5~10years group have the highest pressure. With thesleep time increasing, the pressure increases.3. The results of the multiple logistic regression analysis: On work factorsdimension, extroverts score is lower than the introverts; female nurses score is2.33times that of woman workers; with the age and the average daily sleep time decreasesand the night shift time increases the pressure increases. On role conflict and ambiguitydimension, extroverts score is lower than the introverts; the score of college femaleteachers is3.73times that of woman workers, and female nurses is1.80times; with theincrease of average daily sleep time and the positive coping styles using frequency, thepressure decreases; with the increase of night shift time and the negative coping stylesusing frequency, the pressure increases. On interpersonal dimension, extroverts score is lower than the introverts; the score of college female teachers is1.90times that ofwoman workers; with the increase of age, average daily sleep time and the positivecoping styles using frequency, the pressure decrease, with the increase of night shifttime and the negative coping styles using frequency, the pressure increases. On careerdevelopment dimension, extroverts score is lower than the introverts; the marriedwomen s score is1.39times that of the unmarried; female nurses score is1.34timesthat of woman workers; with the increase of age and the average daily sleep time thepressure decreases; with the increase of night shift time and the cultural degree thepressure increases. The total pressure, extroverts score is lower than the introverts; themarried women s score is1.53times that of the unmarried; the score of college femaleteachers is2.44times that of woman workers, and female nurses is3.19times; with thenight shift time increases the pressure increases,and with the increase of average dailysleep time and the positive coping styles using frequency, the pressure decreases.4. The condition of stress coping styles: the most frequently used coping style bywomen is solving problems (x=3.17), followed by seeking support (=2.97), the thirdis patience (=2.87), the use of self-comfort (=2.85) and escaping (=2.50) is rare.Conclusions1. In this study, the participants of high occupation pressure account for18%, thelow pressure groups account for82%. The career development dimension stress is thehighest.2. The professional women who have different age, personality, cultural degree,marital status, type of work, night shift times, serving time and sleep time havedifferences in occupational stress.3. The main influence factors of female occupational stress are age, personalitytype, marital status, type of work, night shift times, sleep time and the positive copingtype.4. The career women who are young, introverted, married, and those who havemore night shift times, short sleep time, use less positive coping styles and the female nurses are the focus of the occupational stress intervention.5. In this study, to deal with the occupation stress the participants are more inclinedto use positive coping styles than use negative ones.