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A study was conducted on levels of occupational stress among business and professional women in Australia. Subjects recruited from professional women's organizations completed the Occupational Stress Indicator questionnaire, an instrument which examined sources of stress, individual characteristics, coping strategies, and individual effects, as well as a biographical profile. The home/work interface and the home/work relationship demonstrated significant main effects for number of children. In the home/work interface significant relationships were seen between poor physical health and parental status, age and difficulty getting up in the morning, as well as between headaches, exhaustion, overeating, smoking, drinking, and having children under 18 years of age and decreased sexual interest. Responses on the home/work relationship indicated that having only two children was perceived as a source of pleasure. Single women had significantly higher mean scores than married women for Type-A behavior and poor mental health while divorced and widowed women had high scores for logic. On job satisfaction subscales significant associations were seen for women with three or more children and satisfaction with achievement and with processes. Relationships were also seen between stress sources such as factors intrinsic to the job, managerial role, and home/work interface and individual characteristics such as ambition, and mental and physical health.
Stress Medicine, 11(2):113-122, 1995. (37 references)
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