Zhong, Junjia (2022) A cultural perspective: The roles of perceived social support in the relationship between occupational stress appraisal and social support seeking behaviour. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Social support seeking as a coping strategy is considered to help mitigate occupational stress. Empirical evidence indicated that the cultural differences in individualism-collectivism dimensions influence the occupational stress appraisal and coping process. The underlying mechanisms linking stress and social support seeking across cultures however remain unclear. This survey study aimed to explore how work and non-work domain perceived social support influence the relationship between work stressor appraisal and social support seeking from a cultural perspective. The sample comprised 647 workers (190 male and 456 female) aged between 18 and 65 years from Australia, China, Hungary, Japan, and Singapore. Participants were divided into the highly-individualistic group and the highly-collectivistic group. Drawing from the transactional model of stress by Lazarus and Folkman, a parallel mediation model was tested using Hayes SPSS Process in these two groups respectively to examine the role of workplace perceived social support and general perceived social support as mediators of the association between work stressor appraisal and social support seeking. Results indicated that workplace stressor appraisal had a direct effect on social support seeking and an indirect effect through the mediating role of workplace perceived social support in the highly individualistic group, while only an indirect effect through general perceived social support was found in the highly collectivistic group. Practical implications for stress management interventions in specific cultural contexts and directions for future research were identified. Strength and weakness of this study were also discussed.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current – Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Wellbeing (1 Jan 2022 -) |
| Supervisors: | Yong Goh |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2025 03:37 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2025 03:37 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | occupational stress; social support seeking; perceived social support; individualism; collectivism |
| 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/52906 |
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