Quality of response to stressful life events and attitude toward health risk as predictors of psychosomatic disorders (A field study for workers in government institutions in Al-Salam locality - West Kordofan State)

Abstract

The study aimed to know the quality of response to life stresses and the atitude towards health risk as predictors of psychosomatic disorders among workers in public services in government institutions in Al-Salam locality (Al Fula city). Al-Fula, Health Insurance Authority, Civil Registry. The size of the study sample was (99) workers, (58) males and (41) females, they were chosen in a simple random way..The researchers used the quality of response to the stresses of daily life scale (prepared by the researchers) and the measure of attitude towards health risk (prepared by May, 2020), and Cornell's new list of psychosomatic disorders (1986),translated to Arabic by Abu El Nile (1995) as tools for the study, where the validity and reliability coefficient of these tools were as follows (Quality Stress Response Scale = 858.) (attitude toward health risk scale = 785.) and (Cornell List = 767.), after analyzing the study data by (SPSS), using mean, standard deviation, percentages, and multiple linear regression test The researchers reached the following results: -There is a contrast in the level of the quality of response to life stresses -There is a decrease in the rate of attitude towards health risk and psychosomatic disorders. -The quality of the response to life stresses and the attitude towards health risk predicts psychosomatic disorders, where the proportion of the contribution of the attitude towards health risk is greater than the quality of the response to life stresses in predicting psychosomatic disorders. Conclusion: The repetition of the quality of the negative response to the stresses of daily life, and the poor awareness of health risks are among the most factors that contribute to the emergence of psychosomatic disorders, which requires psychological counseling intervention (developmental, preventive and curative) for all workers in the country, which in turn mayreduce these health risks.