Purpose in life and work-related stress in mariners. Mediating role of quality of marriage bonds and perceived anxiety

The specific character of mariners' work is connected with many factors conducive to stress, overload, fatigue and emotional tension, all of which can negatively influence subjective quality of life, including particularly the sense of life's purpose and meaning. However, over the course o...

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Published in:International maritime health 2014-01, Vol.65 (2), p.87-92
Main Authors: Peplińska, Aleksandra, Jeżewska, Maria, Leszczyńska, Irena, Połomski, Piotr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Anxiety
Anxiety - etiology
Anxiety - psychology
Fatigue - etiology
Fatigue - psychology
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Marriage
Marriage - psychology
Middle Aged
Models, Statistical
Motivation
Naval Medicine
Occupational Diseases - etiology
Occupational Diseases - psychology
Occupational stress
Personal Satisfaction
Poland
Psychological Tests
Quality of Life
Questionnaires
Stress, Psychological - etiology
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:The specific character of mariners' work is connected with many factors conducive to stress, overload, fatigue and emotional tension, all of which can negatively influence subjective quality of life, including particularly the sense of life's purpose and meaning. However, over the course of entire life one plays many various roles and takes part in many areas of life which influence one another, both positively and negatively. Undoubtedly one of such areas, essential from the point of fulfilling individual's important needs, is one's family and marriage that can function as a crucial factor for neutralising on-the-job problems and tensions. The research presented here attempts to verify the relation between stress perceived by mariners and their sense of purpose in life along with the mediating role of marriage quality and anxiety levels. A total of 210 mariners working on deep-sea ships were examined. The following research tools were applied in the study: the Purpose in Life Test (PIL), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) and the Questionnaire of Suitable Marriage (KDM). The results arrived at indicate that both marriage satisfaction and anxiety levels can indeed mediate the relation between stress and sense of purpose in life among mariners.
ISSN:1641-9251
2081-3252
DOI:10.5603/IMH.2014.0019