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The Roles of Individual and Psychosocial Factors in Predicting Quality of Life Among Working Women in Shanghai

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  • Yi Xiao

    (China Table Tennis College, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China)

  • Tao Zhang

    (Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA)

  • Xiangli Gu

    (Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA)

  • Joonyoung Lee

    (Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA)

  • Hongying Wang

    (School of Leisure Sport, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China)

Abstract

Working women are at a high risk of suffering from occupational stress and burnout, which can result in reducing Quality of Life (QoL). Guided by the QoL construct and Luban et al.’s conceptual framework, this study aimed to (a) investigate the roles of individual factors (i.e., age) and psychosocial factors (i.e., occupational stress, burnout) on QoL among working women, and (b) examine the age differences among study variables (young versus middle-aged groups). Participants were 375 working women ( M age = 42.06) recruited in Shanghai, China. They completed previously validated questionnaires assessing their occupational stress, burnout (emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced professional efficacy), and QoL (physical health, psychological health, social relationship, and living environment). Confirmatory factor analysis, Pearson product-moment correlation, hierarchical regressions, and factorial multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA) were used to examine the relationships and differences between occupational stress, burnout, and QoL among working women. Correlation and regression analyses indicated that occupational stress and burnout were significantly associated with QoL among these participants. Two one-factor MANOVAs demonstrated that young-aged working women had higher occupational stress and burnout, but lower levels of QoL than middle-aged women. These results suggest that adopting specific coping strategies to reduce or prevent occupational stress and burnout are needed to improve QoL among working women.

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  • Yi Xiao & Tao Zhang & Xiangli Gu & Joonyoung Lee & Hongying Wang, 2020. "The Roles of Individual and Psychosocial Factors in Predicting Quality of Life Among Working Women in Shanghai," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-12, March.
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