[Study on relationship between coping resources and strain in mental workers].
OBJECTIVE
To study the effects of mental workers' coping resources on their strain.


METHODS
Strain (vocational strain, psychological strain, interpersonal strain, physical strain) and coping resources (recreation, self-care, social support, rational coping) were measured on 3379 mental workers with personal strain questionnaire (PSQ) and personal resources questionnaire (PRQ).


RESULTS
There existed significantly negative correlations between PRQ and PSQ (P < 0.01). In PRQ, social support (SS) and rational coping (RC) had the closest relationships with PSQ. In the items of SS, those related to feeling support had more remission on strain. In the items of RC, those related to reasonable arrangement of time and anti-interference had more remission on strain. In the items of recreation (RE), those related to self-determination had more effects on the remission of strain, while indulging in watching TV could cause the strength of strain, and there was a positive correlation between watching TV and strain (P < 0.01). In the items of self-care (SC), sufficient sleeping had the most effects on the remission of strain in the all 40 items of PRQ, while not being immersed in contemplation had a positive correlation with strain (P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Enhancing coping resources, especially sufficient sleeping, feeling support and reasonable arrangement of time, were the important measures for the remission of mental worker' strain.
Xiao
Yuan-Mei
YM
Institute of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. xym72@163.net
Wang
Zhi-Ming
ZM
Wang
Mian-Zhen
MZ
Lan
Ya-Jia
YJ
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002055:Burnout, Professional; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012890:Sleep; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013690:Television; D017748:Time Management; D055815:Young Adult