Yasin BEZ, Abdurrahim EMHAN, Mustafa ARI, Şakir ÖZEN

Büro çalışanlarında pazartesi kaygısı

Amaç: Bu araştırmada, büro çalışanlarının pazartesi ve perşembe günlerine ait durumluk ve sürekli kaygı düzeylerinin karşılaştırılması amaçlandı. Yöntem: Pazartesi sabahı 230 vergi dairesi çalışanına sosyodemografik bilgi formu, Durumluk Kaygı Envanteri (DKE), Sürekli Kaygı Envanteri (SKE) ve Beck Depresyon Envanteri (BDE) dağıtıldı. Toplam 144 kişiden güvenilir bilgi elde edildi. Bu 144 kişiye, perşembe sabahı (3 gün sonra) kaygı ölçekleri yeniden dağıtıldı, 61 kişiden güvenilir ve eksiksiz bilgi elde edildi. Bulgular: 61 kişinin DKE puanı pazartesi sabahı 44.4±10.2 iken, perşembe sabahı 42.2±9.9 olarak bulundu (t=2.226, p=0.030). SKE puanının ise pazartesi günü 44.7±8.8, perşembe günü 43.0±8.2 olduğu tespit edildi (t=2.123, p=0.038). Pazartesi günkü BDE puanı 14.4±10.5 bulundu. Hem pazartesi hem de perşembe günü memurların SKE puanı ortalaması, yöneticilerinkinden daha yüksekti. Benzer şekilde, memurların pazartesi günkü BDE puanları da, yöneticilerinkinden daha yüksekti. SKE puanı ortalamaları pazartesi günü, orta yaştaki memurlarda gençlerden ve kadınlarda erkeklerden daha yüksekti. Ayrıca, lise mezunlarının SKE ve DKE puanlarının üniversite mezunlarınkinden daha yüksek olduğu görüldü. Sonuç: Pazartesi günü kısmen yüksek olan kaygı; kadın olma, orta yaş üstünde olma, uzun süre aynı işte çalışma, düşük eğitim seviyesi ve yönetilen olma değişkenleri ile ilişkili bulundu.

Monday anxiety in office workers

Objective: In this study, comparison of state and trait anxiety levels of office workers on monday and on thursday was aimed. Method: On monday morning, sociodemographical form, State Anxiety Inventory (SAI), Trait Anxiety Inventory (TAI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were delivered to the 230 office workers. The data collected from 144 participants were usable. On thursday morning (3 days after) anxiety inventories were delivered again to these 144 workers. Complete and valid forms were collected from 61 participants. Results: The mean SAI scores of 61 participants on monday and on thursday were 44.4±10.2 and 42.2±9.9 (t=2.226, p=0.030) respectively; whereas their TAI scores were 44.7±8.8 and 43.0±8.2 (t=2.123, p=0.038) respectively. Mean BDI scores was 14.4±10.5. Mean TAI scores of workers both on monday and thursday were higher than managers’. Similarly, mean BDI score of workers on Monday was also higher than managers’. Mean TAI scores was higher in middle aged workers than youngs and higher in women than men. Additionally, mean SAI and TAI scores of high school graduates were higher than university graduates’. Conclusion: Relatively higher levels of anxiety on monday was found to be associated with women gender, being over middle ages, longer job experience in the same work, lower education level, and being blue collar employee.

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