Occupational stressors, social support, and perceived stress among shrimp fishermen of the Northern Gulf of Mexico coast

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ID2155309
AuthorsG David Johnson (0000-0003-4339-6589), Catherine A Riordan (0000-0002-1257-4496, Missouri University of Science and Technology), J Stephen Thomas (University of South Alabama), Cecelia Formichella (University of South Alabama)
Year1996
Volume16
Issue4
Pages401-420
Publication date1996-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Spectrum (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0273-2173 • E-ISSN: 1521-0707
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02732173.1996.9982143
OpenAlexW2024397731
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

A set of hypotheses concerning the occupational stress process was tested for a sample of shrimp fishermen (n=211) and a comparison group of land‐based workers (n = 99) from a coastal community in Alabama. As hypothesized, shrimp fishermen were exposed to greater numbers of occupational stressors, experience greater amounts of stress, and benefit from greater amounts of social support than land‐based workers. In contrast to expectations based in both theory and previous research, social support had no direct or indirect effect on stress experienced by shrimpers. An explanation is offered emphasizing the conflicts generated by work that is frequently performed at sites remote in both place and time from the potential support of home life

Biology · Fishery · Geography · Occupational stress · Shrimp · Social support · Stressor · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Community Health and Development · Health disparities and outcomes · Psychology · Social Psychology

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