The moderating effect of coping strategies on job satisfaction and psychological wellbeing among fire fighters

• Main Authors: Ida Shafinaz Mohd. Kamil, Mohd. Dahlan Hj. A. Malek
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: HF Commerce
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18688/1/The%20Moderating%20Effect%20of%20Coping%20Strategies%20on%20Job%20Satisfaction%20and%20Psychological%20Wellbeing%20Among%20Fire%20Fighters.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18688/7/16.The%20moderating%20effect%20of%20coping%20strategies%20on%20job%20satisfaction%20and%20psychological%20wellbeing%20among%20fire%20fighters..pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18688/

Sources of occupational stress and their impact on job satisfaction and psychological health were examined in a questionnaire survey of 617 Malaysian fire fighters. The role of coping strategies as moderating factor was also tested. The results indicated that the overall of sources of stress had a significant negative correlation with job satisfaction The results also indicated that the overall of sources of stress had a significant positive correlation with overall psychological health and there were significant influence of coping strategies as a moderating variable between sources of stress and job satisfaction as well as psychological health (stress, anxiety and depression).