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Lee: Spirituality and Stress Responses in Small Industry Employees

Abstract

Purpose

This study was conducted to identify the relationship of spirituality and stress response including anger, depression, somatization, and job stress among Korean employees in small industries.

Methods

The participants were 199 employees, aged 20 to 59, working in sixteen enterprises in C province. Workers responded to a questionnaire that included items on spirituality, a modified form of the stress response inventory (SRI-MF), and items on general characteristics. The data were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 15.0 program.

Results

The level for spirituality was moderate and for SRI low. The score for anger was found to be the highest stress response. There was significant negative relationships between spirituality and stress response, depression, and job stress. Spirituality differed by age, religion and stress response differed by age, education level, marital status, and religion. Simple regression analysis showed that spirituality accounted for 37% of the SRI, a significant level.

Conclusion

As the finding show that spirituality influenced the stress response of employees in small enterprises employee assistant programs (EAP) for stress management, which focus on the spirituality, age, marital status, religion, and education level, should be developed and provided for these employees.

Figures and Tables

Table 1

Mean Scores of Spirituality and Stress Response (N=199)

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Table 2

Spirituality and Stress Response by General and Health Behavior (N=199)

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Note. Missing cases are excluded.

S/D/W=separated/divorced/widowed.

Table 3

Stress Response by Spirituality (N=199)

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Table 4

Correlation of Spirituality and Stress Response (N=199)

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Table 5

Predictor of Stress Response for Workers (N=199)

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standardized β.

Notes

This study was supported by the Dankook University Research Fund.

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