Stressors, coping strategies, anxiety and depression among mental health proffessionals

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dc.contributor.author Ssenyonga, Joseph
dc.date.accessioned 2013-07-05T07:16:15Z
dc.date.available 2013-07-05T07:16:15Z
dc.date.issued 2006-07-30
dc.description A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Science in Clinical Psychology of Makerere University en_US
dc.description.abstract The study examined stressors, coping strategies, anxiety and depreesion among mental health professionals. Eighty mental health professionals from Butabika hospital participated in the study. The majority were female, psychiatric nurses, married, protestant and in the age range of 30-39 years. Results showed that mental health professionals faced alot of stressors. work stressor caused higher of stress compared to family stressors.The majority of respondents suffered from anxiety and depression and used functional coping strategies. Dysfunctional coping strategies were related to anxiety and depression. Dysfunctional coping strategies and functional coping strategies were negatively related. Stressors were associated with anxiety and depression. Stressors were negatively related to functional copying strategies and positively related to dysfunctional coping strategies. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10570/1719
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Mental health professionals en_US
dc.subject Health professionals en_US
dc.subject Stress en_US
dc.subject Anxiety en_US
dc.subject Depression en_US
dc.title Stressors, coping strategies, anxiety and depression among mental health proffessionals en_US
dc.type Thesis, masters en_US
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