통계청 근무자의 직무 스트레스와 정신건강의 관계에서 스트레스 대처방식의 조절효과

Objectives This study examined the moderating effects of stress coping strategies on the re¬lationship between occupational stress of national statistical office workers and mental health. Methods Subjects were 133 workers at a regional statistics office. Occupational stress, stress coping strategies, and mental health were examined using the Korean Occupational Stress Scale (KOSS), Ways of Coping Checklist, and The Symptom Check-List-90-R. Stress coping strate¬gies were composed of problem-focused coping, social support coping, emotion-focused cop¬ing, and wishful thinking coping. Results Moderated regression indicated that the social support coping and emotion-focused coping style positively moderated the relationship between occupational stress and mental health in national statistical office workers. The social support coping style positively moderated the relationship between interpersonal conflict (KOSS subscale) and mental health in national statistical office workers. The emotion-focused coping style positively moderated the relationship between job insecurity (KOSS subscale) and mental health in national statistical office workers. The emotion-focused coping style negatively moderated the relationship between job demand (KOSS subscale) and mental health in national statistical office workers. Conclusion The implications of this study included that negative results due to high occupa¬tional stress can be varied by use of suitable stress coping strategies. KCI Citation Count: 2