Coping Strategies and Health Symptoms Among Women and Men in a Downsizing Organisation

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ID13675807
AuthorsEVA TORKELSON MUHONEN (Kristianstad University, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume92
Issue3
Pages899-899
Publication date2003-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.92.3.899-907
OpenAlexW4236884124
LanguageEN
References cited16

This study examined how women and men cope with stress during a period of organizational change and how the coping strategies are related to health. Questionnaire responses were obtained from 98 female and male administrators of health care service working in a Swedish governmental County Council during a period of downsizing. In line with earlier studies, the results showed women to be more likely than men to endorse the emotion-focused strategies of Seeking Social Support and Focus on and Venting of Emotions. Contrary to earlier studies the men did not report using problem-focused strategies more frequently than the women. The results of a regression analysis indicated that the reported use of problem-focused strategies did not contribute significantly to the explained variance in health. Instead, the emotion-focused strategy Denial explained a significant proportion of variance in the health problems. No sex differences in reported health problems were found

Coping (psychology · Denial · Health care · Social support · Clinical Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being · Gerontology

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