Psychological resilience: the role of unconscious and conscious coping strategies in the mediation of stress in high risk occupational contexts

Alexander, Debra Geraldine

Title: Psychological resilience: the role of unconscious and conscious coping strategies in the mediation of stress in high risk occupational contexts
Creator: Alexander, Debra Geraldine
Subject: Hazardous occupations
Subject: Teachers -- South Africa -- Job stress
Subject: Police -- South Africa -- Job stress
Subject: Emergency medical personnel -- South Africa -- Job stress
Subject: Stress (Psychology)
Date Issued: 2002
Date: 2002
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MA
Identifier: vital:3092
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003059
Identifier: Hazardous occupations
Identifier: Teachers -- South Africa -- Job stress
Identifier: Police -- South Africa -- Job stress
Identifier: Emergency medical personnel -- South Africa -- Job stress
Identifier: Stress (Psychology)
Description: This study investigates the role of unconscious and conscious coping strategies in the mediation of stress in high risk occupational contexts. The Social Readjustment Rating Scale, the Multidimensional Coping Inventory and the Defense Style Questionnaires were completed by 194 police, ambulance and teaching personnel. A sample of 37 teachers served as a non high risk occupation control group. Descriptive statistics, regression analysis, analysis of variance, analysis of difference and principal component analysis were performed on the data. Results indicated minimal significant between group differences. Within group variances were yielded. A minor relationship between levels of stress and usage of positive and negative mechanisms was observed. The significance of these findings is discussed and recommendations made for further study.
Format: 69 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University
Publisher: Faculty of Humanities, Psychology
Language: English
Rights: Alexander, Debra Geraldine

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