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KMID : 0379220150350010171
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2015 Volume.35 No. 1 p.171 ~ p.190
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Effect of Sexual Harrassment on Job Stress among Care-givers for the Elderly in Long-Term Care Facility
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Park Koung-Ran
Suh Hye-Kyung
Koh Yun-Soon
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Abstract
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This study intended to investigate the effect of sexual harassment(SH) on job stress among care-givers for the elderly in the long-term care facilities. The subjects were 240 care-givers from Y county, Gangwon-do and the 232 responses from the survey conducted during October-November in 2013 were used for data analyses. Descriptive statistics, t-test, and multiple regression were performed by the use of SPSS win 18.0 version. Study results are as follows. First, 38.0% care-givers experienced sexual harassment, 54.8% with 1-2 times, but 13.1% with more than 5 times. 56.1% of care-givers from nursing care facilities experienced SH which was more than two times than 24.4% from visiting care facilities. Second, for perpetrators, 91.1% were men and groups with the highest frequency were the married, the elderly over 80 years old, with dementia, 3rd degree under disability classification system for long-term care. Third, mean scores in the SH sub-scales were 2.18 for physical SH, 2.05 for verbal SH, and 1.93 for visual SH. Fourth, mean scores in the Job Stress sub-scales were 2.62 for personal duty, 2.36 for peer relations, 2.05 for supervisor relations, and 2.69 for relations with client. Fifth, physical SH(β=.399), verbal SH(β=.373), and visual SH(β=.446) were statistically significant predictors for job stress in regression models, controlling socio-demographic variables. Total SH was a statistically significant predictor for job stress, controlling control variables. Visual SH was the most powerful and statistically significant predictor for job stress than physical SH and verbal SH when put together into the regression model. Based upon the study results, the several practice and policy recommendations for prevention of and intervention for sexual harassment among care-givers were suggested.
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KEYWORD
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Caregiver for the Elderly , Sexual Harassment , Job Stress , Nursing Care Facility , Visiting Care Facility
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