TITLE:
A Survey of Social Support and Coping Style in Middle School Female Teachers in China
AUTHORS:
Ping Wang, Qiong Dai
KEYWORDS:
Social Support, Coping Style, Middle School, Female Teachers
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.2 No.3,
August
9,
2011
ABSTRACT: Objective: It is hypothesized that social support and different coping style would make a difference in people’s health. This paper attempts to investigate social support and coping style in middle school female teachers in Wuhan, China. Methods: 1:2 case-control matched study. 300 female teachers as case group, 300 matched male teachers as control group 1 and another 300 matched female workers as another control group. Results: Female teachers got significantly lower score on positive coping and higher negative coping than male teachers. However, they got significantly higher score on positive coping and lower negative coping than female workers (P 0.05 respectively). The female teachers from key senior and junior middle schools got significantly higher score on positive coping style and social support than those from non-key middle schools (P 0.05 respectively). The female teachers with a higher title and professional qualification got significantly lower score on negative coping and higher score on positive coping and social support than female teachers with a lower title and professional qualification and female workers (P