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The stress model of neuroticism and anxiety symptoms in fishermen
Affiliations- Clinical Psychology, The Fourth People’s Hospital of Haining, Jiaxing, China
- Hainan Anning Hospital, Haikou, China
- Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma of Ministry of Education, (Hainan Medical University), Research Unit of Island Emergency Medicine of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Hainan Medical University, Haikou China
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Abstract
Background: Marine fishermen experience high levels of environmental and relationship stress and anxiety.
The current study explored the role of stress in the relationship between neuroticism and anxiety symptoms
among marine fishermen.
Materials and methods: Participants (fishermen from Tanmen in Qionghai city, Hainan Province) completed
three questionnaires: the NEO-Five-Factor Inventory-Neuroticism Subscale (NEO-FFI-N); the Mental Stressor
Investigation Questionnaire (MSIQ); and the Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire-30-item-Anxious
Arousal Subscale (MASQ-D30-AA) within 1 week before embarking on a fishing trip and then again within
1 week after their return to port. The data were subjected to correlational analyses and structural equation
modelling.
Results: Positive correlations were found between NEO-FF-N (neuroticism) score, MSIQ score (total stress),
MSIQ work-relationship score, ship environmental stress score, and MASQ score (anxiety symptoms). Regression
analyses showed environmental stress had a significant moderating effect on the relationship
between neuroticism and anxiety symptoms, and further analysis showed a mediating effect of work-relationship
stress on the relationship between neuroticism and anxiety symptoms.
Conclusions: Marine fishermen with high environmental stress had greater anxiety symptoms than those
with low environmental stress. Neuroticism in marine fishermen further affects anxiety symptoms by affecting
the level of work-relationship stress.
Abstract
Background: Marine fishermen experience high levels of environmental and relationship stress and anxiety.
The current study explored the role of stress in the relationship between neuroticism and anxiety symptoms
among marine fishermen.
Materials and methods: Participants (fishermen from Tanmen in Qionghai city, Hainan Province) completed
three questionnaires: the NEO-Five-Factor Inventory-Neuroticism Subscale (NEO-FFI-N); the Mental Stressor
Investigation Questionnaire (MSIQ); and the Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire-30-item-Anxious
Arousal Subscale (MASQ-D30-AA) within 1 week before embarking on a fishing trip and then again within
1 week after their return to port. The data were subjected to correlational analyses and structural equation
modelling.
Results: Positive correlations were found between NEO-FF-N (neuroticism) score, MSIQ score (total stress),
MSIQ work-relationship score, ship environmental stress score, and MASQ score (anxiety symptoms). Regression
analyses showed environmental stress had a significant moderating effect on the relationship
between neuroticism and anxiety symptoms, and further analysis showed a mediating effect of work-relationship
stress on the relationship between neuroticism and anxiety symptoms.
Conclusions: Marine fishermen with high environmental stress had greater anxiety symptoms than those
with low environmental stress. Neuroticism in marine fishermen further affects anxiety symptoms by affecting
the level of work-relationship stress.
Keywords
marine fishermen, neuroticism, stress, stress model, anxiety symptoms
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The stress model of neuroticism and anxiety symptoms in fishermen
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2022-12-28
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10.5603/IMH.2022.0035
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IMH 2022;73(4):203-212.
Keywords
marine fishermen
neuroticism
stress
stress model
anxiety symptoms
Authors
Ke Hu
Sailan Li
Hongjuan Jiang
Juan Yang
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