In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Health Psychology

Document Type : research

Authors

1 phD student , Department of Psychology, PNU university,Tehran,Iran

2 Associate professor of Psychology.Department of Psychology, PNU University . Tehran, Iran

3 Professor of Psychology.Department of Psychology, PNU University . Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Objective: The present study aimed at studying the relationship between job stress and personality features and also if the effect of job stress on personality is moderated by social support.
Method: The research population consisted of offshore personnel working in Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) in Khark Island, among whom 234 participants who were selected through convenience sampling method answered the three questionnaires of job stress, short form of NEO, and perceived social support-family scale. Four main hypotheses were examined through structural equation analysis.
Results: The findings showed a predictive effect of personality traits on job stress, except for openness to experience, in that job stress had an increasing effect on neuroticism and a decreasing effect on extraversion, agreeability, and conscientiousness. Social support, on the other hand, as a moderator, decreased the effect of job stress on personality feature except for openness to experience, extraversion, and agreeability in a way that it decreased neuroticism and increased conscientiousness.
Conclusion: The results generally revealed the predictive effects of job stress on personality features and showed that social support, as a moderator, can reduce the effects of job stress on personality traits. The results were discussed based on the existing models on personality changes.

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Article Title [Persian]

نقش حمایت اجتماعی در فرونشاندن اثر استرس شغلی بر صفات شخصیتی

Authors [Persian]

  • عباس روزبهانی 1
  • مرتضی ترخان 2
  • احمد علیپور 3
  • مجید صفاری نیا 2

1 phD student , Department of Psychology, PNU university,Tehran,Iran

2 گروه روانشناسی، دانشگاه پیام نور، تهران، ایرانAssociate professor of Psychology.Department of Psychology, PNU University . Tehran, Iran

3 گروه روانشناسی، دانشگاه پیام نور، تهران، ایران professor of Psychology.Department of Psychology, PNU University . Tehran, Iran

Abstract [Persian]

هدف: پژوهش حاضر با هدف بررسی رابطه استرس شغلی با ویژگیهای شخصیتی و همچنین تأثیر استرس شغلی بر ویژگیهای شخصیتی با میانجیگری حمایت اجتماعی انجام شده است. روش: جامعه آماری شامل پرسنل فراساحل شاغل در شرکت نفت فلات قاره ایران (IOOC) در جزیره خارگ بود. 234 شرکت کننده از طریق نمونه گیری در دسترس ، به سه پرسشنامه پاسخ دادند (استرس شغلی ، فرم بسیار کوتاهی NEO و حمایت اجتماعی ادراک شده از مقیاس خانواده). چهار فرضیه اصلی با استفاده از تحلیل معادلات ساختاری مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. یافته ها: یافته ها نشان داد که بین ویژگی های شخصیتی و استرس شغلی به جز باز بودن به تجربه ، رابطه پیش بینی کننده وجود دارد به گونه ای که استرس شغلی بر نوروتیزم اثر فزاینده و بر برون گرایی ، توافق و وظیفه شناسی اثر کاهنده دارد. از طرف دیگر ، حمایت اجتماعی به عنوان یک تعدیل کننده می تواند اثرات استرس شغلی بر روی صفات شخصیتی بجز باز بودن در تجربه ، برونگرایی و توافق را کاهش دهد به گونه ای که می تواند نوروتیزم را کاهش داده و وظیفه شناسی را افزایش دهد. نتیجه گیری: نتایج به طور کلی تأثیر استرس شغلی بر ویژگیهای شخصیتی را نشان داد و نشان داد که حمایت خانواده به عنوان یک محافظ می تواند اثرات استرس شغلی بر ویژگیهای شخصیتی را کاهش دهد. نتایج بر اساس مدلهای موجود در زمینه تغییرات شخصیت مورد بحث قرار گرفت.

Keywords [Persian]

  • استرس شغلی
  • صفات شخصیتی
  • فرونشاندن استرس
  • حمایت اجتماعی
  • روانشناسی سلامت شغلی
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