Macau Interpreters Work Stress, Coping Style And Mental Health, Relationship

Job stress is a very popular topic discussed nowadays, and also one of the general subject studied in psychological area. Using the method of questionnaires, this study tried to investigate the relationships of job stress, coping strategies and mental health among the translators in Macao. The results showed that: 1) Macao translators perceived job stress at a medium level. 2) Most of Macao translators cope with a mature attitude. 3) Macao translators have very good mental health. 4) There were significant differences in demographic variables of Macao translators in the job stress, for example: the male experienced higher stress in "Organizational Structure" and "Role Conflict" than the female; the married perceived significantly higher stress in "Family Factor" than the unmarried, although the latter perceived higher stress in other factors; the translators who were only in charge of writing translation experienced higher stress in "Work Load" than who were in charge of writing and oral translation. But there were no significant differences in other aspects, such as age stages and working years. 5) For the coping strategies, the male used rarely the "Help", while the married, in both sexes, used "Problems Resolve" more than the unmarried. 6) There were significant correlations between job stress, coping strategies and mental health, but the main factor which affected the mental health was coping strategies.