Coping Strategies in the Workplace: Relationships with Attributional Style and Job Satisfaction

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• Personal Author:
  Andrew, Michael E. ; Eggerth D ; Hartley TA ; Sanchez F ; Welbourne JL
• Description:
  This paper examined the relationships between workplace coping strategies, occupational attributional style, and job satisfaction among a sample of 190 nurses employed with a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. As an occupational group, nurses experience high levels of chronic workplace stressors. Participants completed a questionnaire packet containing the Brief COPE, the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ)-Short Form, and the Occupational Attributional Styles Questionnaire (OASQ). Results indicated that a positive occupational attributional style was associated with greater use of problem solving/cognitive restructuring coping styles and less use of avoidance coping styles to deal with workplace stress. This pattern of coping strategies was also associated with greater job satisfaction. Further analyses indicated that the relationship between occupational attributional style and job satisfaction was mediated by the use of problem solving/cognitive restructuring, and avoidance coping strategies to deal with workplace stress. Implications for workplace interventions and work adjustment counseling are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Fatigue Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Analytical-methods Analytical-models Analytical-processes Health-care-personnel Health-surveys Job-stress Physiological-effects Physiological-fatigue Physiological-stress Questionnaires Statistical-analysis Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  0001-8791
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico ; North Carolina ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division ; HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  312-325
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032508
• Citation:
  J Vocat Behav 2007 Apr; 70(2):312-325
• Contact Point Address:
  Jennifer L. Welbourne, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
• Email:
  jlwelbou@email.uncc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Vocational Behavior
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:35bbf50fc0e0ce7eebfc5b30e97e0e99003ff96fdbcb5723478d15fa755b9b87a82f5f90d35e3a44221a78106c4a7d360d5ee4b880609d60f7b008bb59da4cc7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186450/cdc_186450_DS1.pdf
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