Investigation of Relationship Between Work Ability and Occupational Stress of Teachers in Flying College CAAC

Objective To investigate the relationship between work ability and occupational stress and the influencing factors of work ability among teachers.Methods Work ability and occupational stress were measured on teachers in Flying College CAAC using Work Ability Index(WAI)Questionnaire and Occupational Stress Inventory Revised Edition(OSI-R).According to WAI,work ability level was classified as poor,fair,good and excellent.The differences of occupational stress among different levels of work ability were analyzed.Results The scores of work ability of teachers in the college were all classified over fair.The scores of the teachers' occupational role,strain and coping resources were significantly different among different levels of work ability(P0.05).The higher the teachers' WAI were,the lower their scores of occupational role and strain were,while the higher their scores of coping resources were.The teachers' work ability had a significant negative relationship with occupational role strain,and a significant positive relationship with coping resources(P0.05).Conclusion Occupational stress was an important effective factor to teachers' work ability,thus releasing the level of their occupational stress and increasing their coping resources were effective measures to improve their work ability.