ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To explore the influence of occupational stress on mental health and job-leaving intention and the mediating roles of coping styles among county hospital clinicians. METHODS: By stratified cluster random sampling method,352 clinicians from 6 county hospitals in Guangxi Province were selected as study subjects. They were required to complete the questionnaires. The assessment was carried out by General Health Questionnaire,Occupational Stress Scale,Trait Coping Style Questionnaire and Questionnaires on Job-Leaving Intention. RESULTS: The rate of mental disorder in the clinicians was 27. 6%,and it showed no difference in different genders( P > 0. 05). The occupational stress,negative coping style and mental health were positively correlated with job-leaving intention( P < 0. 01). The positive coping style was negatively correlated with mental health and job-leaving intention( P < 0. 01). The occupational stress had significantly direct effects on mental health and job-leaving intention( the standard path coefficients were 0. 58 and 0. 46 respectively,P < 0. 01). The positive coping style showed indirect effects between occupational stress and mental health,as well as occupational stress and job-leaving intention( the effect values were 0. 04 and 0. 08 respectively,P < 0. 05).The negative coping style showed indirect effects between occupational stress and mental health( effect value was 0. 10,P < 0. 05). CONCLUSION: Among county hospital clinicians,the positive coping style had a part mediating effect in occupational stress,mental health and job-leaving intention. Negative coping style only had a part mediating effect in occupational stress and mental health.