International Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry
Year : 2014, Volume : 2, Issue : 1
First page : ( 57) Last page : ( 64)
Online ISSN : 2320-6233.
Article DOI : 10.5958/j.2320-6233.2.1.008

Occupational Stress, Cognition and Affect among University Employees: A Correlational Study

Pande Navya, Gupta Sandhya

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, India

Online published on 3 April, 2014.

Abstract

When a person is unable to cope up with the emerging demands of life, bodily and mental symptoms appear in the form of stress. Stress caused by demands and challenges posed by various factors associated with occupation has become a topic of serious concern among employees not only from the mental health perspective but also from the performance decrement perspective. Besides bodily symptoms of ill-health, persistent occupational stress also causes various day-to-day attention and memory related errors. At first instance, these errors appear harmless but may have serious implications. High occupational stress may trigger lack of mindfulness and attention related mistakes which may also accompany forgetting about the intended actions referred to as prospective memory. The present study aimed to examine the relationship of occupational stress with mindfulness, attention related cognitive errors (ARCES), prospective memory and affect among university professionals. Total 100 employees in the age range of 25 to 35 years (including both males and females) were taken from Banasthali University and K.N. Modi University, Rajasthan. Regression analysis revealed that occupational stress emerged as a strong predictor of attention-related cognitive errors and prospective memory. T-test revealed a significant difference between high occupational stress and low occupational stress groups in terms of attention-related cognitive errors, negative affect and prospective memory.

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Keywords

Attention-related Cognitive Errors and Affect (Positive and Negative), Mindfulness, Occupational Stress, Prospective Memory.

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