Abstract

In this study to investigate the effect of the occupational stress, self-esteem, and socially-prescribed perfectionism and their interaction on anxiety and somatization symptom from the viewpoint of the stress-diathesis theory, the effect of the six occupational stresses, self-esteem and socially-prescribed perfectionism were analysed. To assess anxiety and somatization symptom, as dependent measure, STAI-s and SCL-90-R were administered and to assess occupational stress, self esteem and socially prescribed perfectionism, Korean version of Occupational Stress Inventory, Rosenberg's self esteem scale and Hewitt's Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale were administerd to 384 workers in the community, respectively. Including the demographic variables as covariables which has proved significant in the preliminary study, ANCOVA was done to the data. On the one hand, as far as anxiety symptoms concerned, the result has it that the effects of physical environment stress, low self esteem, socially prescribed perfectionism and the interaction effect of responsibility stress and socially prescribed perfectionism were significant. On the other hand as far as somatization symptoms concerned, physical environment stress and the interaction effect of role ambiguity stress and self esteem and that of physical environment stress and self-esteem was significant.