Job Satisfaction, Psychological Distress and Coping Among Medical Doctors

The current study examined the relationship between job satisfaction, psychological distress, and coping with the mediating role of coping among medical doctors.The Purposive sampling technique was used to obtain sample doctors working in both private and government hospitals.A total of 150 doctors participated in the study.All participants were medical practitioners actively working in clinical settings.The assessment tools used for the data collection included the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS; Spector, 1985), the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS; Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995), and the Brief Responsive Coping Scale (BRCS; Sinclair & Wallston, 2004).All the analysis was performed using SPSS version 20.Statistical analysis included correlation, regression, mediation, and ANOVA.The study revealed significant relationships between job satisfaction, psychological distress, and coping.Job satisfaction significantly predicted psychological distress among doctors.However, coping was not found to mediate the relationship between job satisfaction and psychological distress.Moreover, no significant differences were found between male and female doctors in terms of job satisfaction, coping, and psychological distress.