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Investigating Occupational Stress, Racial Identity, and Mentoring for African American Women in Health Care
Author(s) -
Norman Rhonda L.,
Tang Mei
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/joec.12024
Subject(s) - occupational stress , psychology , identity (music) , career development , stress (linguistics) , clinical psychology , health care , social psychology , political science , linguistics , philosophy , physics , acoustics , law
This study examined the influence of racial identity and mentoring experiences on occupational stress among African American women in health care ( N = 76). The women were surveyed about their occupational stress (role stress, psychological strain, and personal resources), racial identity, demographic information, and mentoring experiences. Results indicated that racial identity was negatively related to role stress and psychological strain, and level of education was closely related to personal resources. Mentoring was not found to have a significant impact on occupational stress as hypothesized. The implications for enhancing occupational satisfaction were discussed in relation to advocacy for career development professionals.