[A study on occupational stress in commercial workers of a supermarket in Yinchuan].
OBJECTIVE
To study difference in occupational stress between men and women commercial workers in a supermarket in Yinchuan, Ningxia.


METHODS
Totally, 679 commercial workers in a supermarket were investigated with questionnaire of occupational stress indicator (OSI), matched on age, length of service, educational level, marital status and type of work.


RESULTS
Score of occupational stress factors, relationships, home/work balance and organizational atmosphere in women commercial workers was 143.48, 30.86, 20.82 and 15.16, respectively, obviously higher than that in men, with 134.89, 28.61, 18.75 and 13.93, respectively. Score of psychological health and satisfaction in women was 39.86 and 14.82, respectively, lower than that in men, with 43.84 and 17.66, respectively, which indicate that occupational stress in women was more severe with a more stressful psychological reaction than in men. Stepwise regression analysis showed that the main predicting factor for job satisfaction was personal relationships in women, and organizational atmosphere, managerial role and workload in men. Those for psychological health was control strategy and organizational atmosphere in women, and organizational atmosphere and recognition in men, those for physical illness was workload in women and support strategy and physical exercises in men, and those for stress level was support strategy in women and coping strategy in men.


CONCLUSIONS
Women commercial workers experienced much more stress, with more severe stress reaction in their work, than men did. The main factors affecting occupational stress reaction and level of stress in women and men were not quite similar.
Song
Hui
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Section of Occupational Health, Department of Public Health, Ningxia Medical College, Yinchuan 750004, China.
Zhu
Ling-qin
LQ
Liu
He-rong
HR
Wang
Ling
L
Zhang
Zhen-xiang
ZX
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003132:Commerce; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload