[Appraisal of occupational stress and its influential factors in executive group].
OBJECTIVE
To assess occupational stress and its influential factors in executive group.


METHODS
A test of occupational stress, its influential factors, was carried out with revised occupational stress inventory (OSI-R) for 263 executive group and 319 controls.


RESULTS
(1) Among the 6 items of occupational role questionnaire, the scores of role overload, role insufficiency, role boundary, role ambiguity, responsibility are obviously higher in the executive group (P < 0.01). The scores of vocational strain, psychological strain, interpersonal strain and physical strain in the executive group are significantly higher (P < 0.01). The results of personal resources indicate that social support scores in executive group are superior (P < 0.05). (2) Occupational role and personal strain were positively correlated (r = 0.337, P < 0.01), both of which correlated negatively to the personal resources (r = - 0.311, P < 0.01). (4) The major influential factors of personal strain and psychological strain were: responsibility, personal resources, role boundary and working environment. The major influential factors of interpersonal strain were role ambiguity, role boundary and personal resources. The major influential factors of physical strain were personal resources, responsibility, role boundary and education.


CONCLUSIONS
Different measure should be taken to reduce the occupational stress so as to improve the work ability of executive group.
School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Xin-wei
XW
Yang
Tai-yi
TY
Jin
Zhi-ming
ZM
Wang
Hua
H
Yao
D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload