2020 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages 49-62
The purpose of this study was to obtain new knowledge about the occupational stress of human service professionals, and we focused on occupations that follow a specific occupational view. We conducted an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire survey of 1,000 teachers and 850 hospital nurses from January to March 2015, among which 452 were analyzed（response rate 25.6％ and valid response rate 95.6％）. More than 80 percent of respondents answered that their “dedicated attitudes” and “a sense of mission” on a specific type of commitment were “necessary”, and 31.2 and 14.8 percent of respondents answered on matters considered to be workers'right today that “taking paid leave” and “adequate salary for their job” were “not required,” respectively. An occupational stress response score was significantly higher among the group that followed a specific occupational view than the one that did not, showing that stressors that led to “feeling of depression” differed between the “needed” and “not required” groups in “professional ideal.” These findings showed that the difference in occupational views would be related to occupational stress and awareness of stressors leading to stress responses.
