Pankowski, Larissa (2008) The Role of Coping and the Etiological Process of Stress and Coping of Employed Women. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Occupational stress is a monumental problem of global proportions that is having a detrimental effect on both individuals and organisations alike. The issue has received considerable interest however despite this the incidence continues to increase. Suggestion has been made that a change is required in the focus of occupational stress approaches. Currently organisational strategies aimed at stress reduction, tend to focus on the outcome of stress rather than the stress and coping processes that individuals adopt. The current study sought to investigate the stress and coping process as relevant to an occupational climate. Women have been identified as suffering from the results of occupational stress to a heightened degree compared to men. Due to their susceptibility to work related stress and an identified increase in the workforce, the focus of the current study was the female demographic. The first aim of the study was to identify the specific stress and coping process adopted by women within a work context using a transactional stress and coping framework. The second aim was to investigate the specific role of coping in the stress and coping process. A total of 346 employees from various organisations provided responses to questionnaires including the Primary Appraisal Scale, Secondary Appraisal Scale, Multifaceted Control Scale, Ways of Coping Checklist, and the Job-Related Affective Well-Being Scale. The results provided a model of stress and coping representative of the process undertaken by women when confronted with work related stress. It was also established that coping did not play a moderating or mediating role within the process. One of the limitations of the study was that by taking a holistic view of coping rather than addressing coping styles, the unique coping strategies that are utilised by women were not identified.
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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 01:20 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Nov 2025 01:20 |
| 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/52648 |
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