Emotion Regulation and Occupational Stress among Bank Employees

Abstract

The study intends to study aspects of Emotion Regulation and Occupational Stress among Bank Employees between the age group of 24- 65 years from the cities Chennai, Dubai, Bengaluru and from the state of Kerala. The sample includes 67 adults. (49 Females and 18 Males) under study. The tool used for measuring Emotion Regulation was Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) developed by J.J Gross & John (2003). The tool for measuring occupational stress was Occupational Stress Index (OSI) developed by Dr. A. K Srivastava and Dr. A. K. Singh in 1981. Descriptive statistics, Spearman’s correlation and Mann Whitney U test was used to study the data. The findings showed there was no significant relationship between cognitive reappraisal and occupational stress. Also showed that there was no significant relationship between expressive suppression and occupational stress. It also showed that there was no significant difference in occupational stress among males and females. However, males were found to have higher occupational stress compared to females. And there was no significant difference between Emotional Regulation on males and females. And it was learned that females tend to have higher emotion regulation compared to males.