A study of resiliency among Chinese health care workers: Capacity to cope with workplace stress

Oi Ling Siu; C. Harry Hui; David R. Phillips; Lin Lin; Tze wai Wong; Kan Shi

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2009.06.008

A study of resiliency among Chinese health care workers: Capacity to cope with workplace stress

Oi Ling Siu^*, C. Harry Hui, David R. Phillips, Lin Lin, Tze wai Wong, Kan Shi

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This paper reports a study of resiliency to cope with workplace stress among Chinese health care workers. We adopted a qualitative-quantitative-biomarker approach to conduct interviews, focus group discussions, and a two-wave longitudinal survey. Wave 1 survey was conducted among health care workers in Hong Kong and Mainland China (N = 773). Amongst them, 287 took part in Wave 2 survey. A confirmatory factor analysis consistently supported a 9-item scale. A sub-sample's (N = 33) resiliency was positively related to salivary IgA levels (an immune marker). Results from hierarchical regressions demonstrated that resiliency measured in Wave 1 was positively related to job satisfaction, work-life balance, and quality of life; and negatively related to physical/psychological symptoms and injuries at work in Wave 2.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	770-776
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Research in Personality
Volume	43
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2009.06.008
Publication status	Published - Oct 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Chinese
Health care workers
Positive psychology
Resiliency
Workplace stress

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