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Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2009 | Volume: 9 | Issue: 10 | Page No.: 1956-1961
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2009.1956.1961
Study of Factors Affecting Mental Health
Abdul-Kazem Naisi, Ali Moazami-Goodarzi and Maryam Zarra-Nezhad

Abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate the simple and multiple relationships between role ambiguity, role conflict, role overload and mental health considering the moderating role of type A personality and sense of coherence. To this end correlation and regression analysis is utilized. Research sample includes 196 personnel working in Ahvaz Pipe-production factory during year 2007. Research results revealed that there is a significant relation between role ambiguity and mental health deficiency, but no one was found between role conflict and role overload and mental health deficiency; nevertheless, higher correlation level between role stressors and mental Health deficiency in low-level sense of coherence in comparison with high-level sense of coherence personnel was found. Also, a higher multiple correlations between role stressors and MH deficiency in personnel having further type A personality in comparison with personnel having not as much of mentioned group’s type A personality was observed.

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Abdul-Kazem Naisi, Ali Moazami-Goodarzi and Maryam Zarra-Nezhad, 2009. Study of Factors Affecting Mental Health. Journal of Applied Sciences, 9: 1956-1961.

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