Coping, negative affectivity, and the work environment: additive and interactive predictors of mental health

The present study tested the hypothesis that direct coping would moderate relations between work stress and mental health outcome, whereas suppression (a form of emotion-focused coping) would show an overall effect on outcome. Data on coping, perceived work demand and support, and affective symptoms...

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Published inJournal of applied psychology Vol. 75; no. 4; p. 399
Main Author Parkes, K R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.1990
Subjects
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Depression - psychology
Female
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Male
Occupational Diseases - psychology
Risk Factors
Social Environment
Social Support
Stress, Psychological - complications
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Summary:The present study tested the hypothesis that direct coping would moderate relations between work stress and mental health outcome, whereas suppression (a form of emotion-focused coping) would show an overall effect on outcome. Data on coping, perceived work demand and support, and affective symptoms were obtained from trainee teachers (N = 157). The results supported the hypothesis. Gender differences also were observed; men reported more use of suppression than did women. In addition, negative affectivity (NA) was examined as a confounding variable and as an index of reactivity in stress-outcome relations. NA acted to inflate associations between work perceptions and affective symptoms, but it was also a significant moderator variable; high NA subjects showed greater reactivity to work demand than did low NA subjects.
ISSN:0021-9010
DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.75.4.399