Stress and Coping among Black Women Employed in Non-professional Service and Professional Occupations in Florida and Georgia. (3rd August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gary, Faye A.; Yarandi, Hossein; Hassan, Mona
• Is Part Of: Issues in mental health nursing. Volume 36:Number 8(2015)
• Page Start: 621
• Page End: 631
• Publication Date: 2015-08-03
• Subjects: Psychiatric nursing -- Periodicals; Mental health personnel -- Periodicals; 616.89023105
• DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2014.1002643
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-2840

Abstract

Abstract : Culture enhances the ability to address the stressors related to ethnicity/race, employment, and lifestyle. From this interaction, two coping patterns emerge: individualist-oriented or collectivist-oriented, of which women prefer the latter. However, there is limited knowledge about the impact of ethnicity/race on the coping strategies of Black working women in the USA. Therefore, the purpose of this cross-sectional survey was to examine the coping strategies of two groups of Black women, those who work in non-professional service-related jobs and those employed as professionals. We explored Black women from two southern states, Florida and Georgia, in their use of coping strategies for everyday stressors. A modified version of Lazarus and Folkman's Transactional Model was used as the framework of this study. The sample for this cross-sectional survey consisted of 313 Black women employed in non-professional service jobs and 343 in professional roles. The thoughts and actions related to coping in everyday stressors were measured with The Ways of Coping Questionnaire.