Hartley, Sarah (2015) The Impact of Resilience on the Revised Transactional Model of Stress and Coping Across Cultures. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Occupational stress has been shown to have detrimental impacts on individuals and organisations. Specifically, it has been found to negatively impact on individuals’ physical and mental health, while organisations experience adverse financial implications worldwide. Yet despite the global relevance and far-reaching effects of occupational stress, a lack of understanding remains as to how the complete process of stress and coping occurs. Resilience has been shown to impact on components of the stress and coping process but is yet to be examined is conjunction with a complete model. Limited research also exists in terms of cross cultural examinations of the entire process of stress and coping. Two major forms of coping strategies (problem-focused and emotion-focused) have been identified. The current study aimed to examine the impact of resilience on the components of the complete stress and coping process using the Revised Transactional Model as a template. Also to compare these effects across individualistic (Australia) and collectivistic (China) cultures in the contexts of coping style. The final aim was to test three specific hypotheses and determine adequate path models which demonstrate the effects of resilience on the complete stress and coping process in both individualistic and collectivistic cultures. Participants (n = 290) included employed individuals from Australia (163) and China (127) who completed two surveys. The scales examined included the Primary Appraisal Scale, Multi-faceted Control Scale, Job Affective Well-being Scale, Brief COPE and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Path analysis was used to determine four acceptable models (one for both forms of coping and culture). The components of the proposed models were theoretically supported in previous research. However, when examined holistically as a process, many of the proposed pathways were found to be invalid. These results emphasise the importance of examining the complete model of stress and coping in future research as opposed to isolated components.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Yong Wah Goh |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Aug 2025 01:36 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2025 01:36 |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52394 |
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