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Job stress and psychological unstability of workers at a Nuclear power plant settings: A Preliminary study

Abstract

This is a study regarding the factors in job stress and psychological unstability of workers at a nuclear power plant settings. The subjects of this study were 117 workers and were measured the 7 factors in job stress and 3 categories(emotional, behavioral, and cognitive areas) in the psychological unstability. According to the results in this research, participation on decision making scores was the highest factor in job stress and the factors in psychological unstability were cognitive, emotional, and behavioral areas in the order of significance. There factors were significant deference related to the occupational accidental experience, accidental experience caused by the subject, shift-duty, however whether or not the subjects work in nuclear-related was not significant. Job stress factors without participation on decision making show positive correlation with psychological unstability, so this result draws an inference that subjects regarded participation on decision making is important in coping accident with needs about participation on decision making. Results of stepwise multiple regression analyses showed that the occupational accident was significant in explaining the factors in psychological unstability on 117 subjects. Harm of environment was significant the subjects work in the nuclear-related area, role of organization was significant in both experimented occupational accident and caused by the subject. Based on results in this research, discussion was focused on the rational solution in organizational dimension and psychological intervention about release of stress.

keywords
workers at a nuclear power plant settings, job stress, psychological unstability, workers at a nuclear power plant settings, job stress, psychological unstability, 원전 근무자, 직무스트레스, 심리적 불안정성

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