The perception of stress, behavior in stressful situations and mental health of bank employees within a german-ukrainian comparative study

dc.contributor.authorThielmann, B.
dc.contributor.authorZavgorodnii, Igor
dc.contributor.authorZub, Ksenia
dc.contributor.authorBöckelmann, Irina
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-27T11:22:23Z
dc.date.available2022-11-27T11:22:23Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractObjectives: The banking sector is a branch of the global labor market that is increasingly facing stress. This can have some negative effects on mental and physical health. The aim of the study was to examine the management of stress and the assessment of mental health in 2 European countries. Material and Methods: The sample comprised 90 (52%) German and 83 (48%) Ukrainian bank employees (BA) (N = 173). To achieve the aim of the study, the following questionnaires were used: the Differential Stress Inventory (DSI), the Inventory for Personality Diagnosis in Situations (IPS) and the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). The participants were examined in regard to nationality. Age, gender, senior position and DSI types were considered as covariates. Results: There were some significant national differences. The senior position, gender and age alone had little or no influence on the results. In stress management, the German sample showed unfavorable values of DSI and IPS categories. Significantly more German bank employees (10%) were overstressed (DSI type II) compared to Ukrainian ones (3%). Significant differences in stress trigger, stress manifestation and stress stabilization of DSI, and in almost all IPS categories, were found between the bank employees of both countries. More specifically, 20% of the German sample and only 8.8% of the Ukrainian sample reported impaired mental health. Conclusions: Bank employees from Germany and Ukraine differed in their perception of stress and behavior in stressful situations, based on the DSI and IPS results; the Germans were shown to perform worse. This is reflected in the higher level of mental health impairment among the Germans, which is demonstrated by the GHQ-12 results. However, there is a need for workplace health promotion and preventive programs for both samples.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThe perception of stress, behavior in stressful situations and mental health of bank employees within a german-ukrainian comparative study / B. Thielmann, I. Zavgorodnii, K. Zub, I. Böckelmann // International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Healththis link is disabled. – 2022. – Vol. 35, No 1. – Р. 81–94.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1232-1087
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.knmu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/31164
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Healthen_US
dc.subjectemployeesen_US
dc.subjectsenior positionen_US
dc.subjectpersonalityen_US
dc.subjectpreventionen_US
dc.subjectstressen_US
dc.subjectEuropeanen_US
dc.titleThe perception of stress, behavior in stressful situations and mental health of bank employees within a german-ukrainian comparative studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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