Mayers, Steven (2008) The Moderating and Mediating Role of Coping in the Stress Process of Employed Males. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
The prevalent and negative impact of occupational stress has been increasingly recognised as a significant problem for both individuals and organisations. Despite the increasing awareness and incidence of occupational stress, a lack exists regarding the key constructs involving the process of stress. The aim of the present study was to assess the adequacy of Lazarus and Folkman’s transactional model of stress with respect to men both in terms of the linear sequential structure of the component processes and the potential moderating or mediating role of coping within this model. A total of 168 male employees from a variety of occupations participated in this study. Participants completed a battery of instruments including: the Primary Appraisal Scale, the Secondary Appraisal Scale, the Multifaceted Control Scale, the Ways of Coping Checklist, and the Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale. Path analyses results indicated that the transactional model provided a poor fit to the data. In addition, no evidence was found suggesting that coping acts as either a mediator or moderator within the overall transactional model. Limitations were noted in terms of both the representitiveness of the sample and the use of an aggregate measure of coping which may not capture the variety of characteristic coping styles adopted by participants.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Psychology (Up to 30 Jun 2013) |
| Supervisors: | Yong Wah Goh |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2025 01:01 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Nov 2025 01:01 |
| 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/52544 |
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