Lang R J, Gilpin J L, Gilpin A R
Department of Health, Physical Education & Recreation, University of Northern Iowa.
Psychol Rep. 1990 Jun;66(3 Pt 1):715-22. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1990.66.3.715.
A sample of 49 practicing dental hygienists responded to a survey which included Derogatis and Spencer's 1982 Brief Symptom Inventory, a measure of stress-related symptoms, and a list of items considered stressful based on previous research with hygienists, arranged in six content categories. As hypothesized, in comparison with national norms, hygienists displayed significantly more symptoms on the over-all inventory and also on eight of nine subscales. Also as hypothesized, on the list of stressors, items pertaining to time pressure were rated as significantly more stressful than items from other behavioral domains. However, contrary to prediction, the correlation between over-all symptom level on the inventory and self-rated stress did not reach statistical significance. A variety of implications for stress reduction in dental hygiene practice are discussed.
49名在职口腔保健员参与了一项调查，该调查包括德罗加蒂斯和斯宾塞1982年的简明症状量表（一种测量与压力相关症状的工具），以及一份根据之前对口腔保健员的研究确定的被认为有压力的项目清单，这些项目分为六个内容类别。正如所假设的那样，与全国常模相比，口腔保健员在总体量表以及九个分量表中的八个上表现出明显更多的症状。同样如所假设的那样，在压力源清单上，与时间压力相关的项目被评为比来自其他行为领域的项目压力明显更大。然而，与预测相反，量表上的总体症状水平与自我评定的压力之间的相关性未达到统计学显著性。文中讨论了对口腔保健实践中减轻压力的各种启示。
