Do ethnicity and occupational status interact to influence anxiety? An investigation of anxiety among Hispanic emergency responders

• Autores: Olga Chapa, María del Carmen Triana
• Localización: The International Journal of Human Resource Management, ISSN-e 1466-4399, Vol. 26, Nº. 13, 2015, págs. 1694-1711
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Although anxiety is a universal emotion, some of the most severe job-related levels of anxiety are among emergency responder occupations, jeopardizing their well being and positive job performance. The literature suggests that certain ethnic groups report higher levels of anxiety than other ethnic groups. Using Lazarus and Folkman's transactional model of stress, this study examines whether ethnicity predicts differing anxiety levels across occupations. We sampled emergency and non-emergency responders in the state of Texas in the USA. The strongest positive relationship between occupational status and anxiety was observed for Hispanics compared with non-Hispanics. However, the findings reveal no significant effect between Hispanic ethnicity and anxiety. Our findings show that ethnicity may explain the differences in experienced anxiety across occupations. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.