Investigation of the relationship between stress perception and mental status among bank employees

Employees may be exposed to stress due to work intensities, customer attitudes and reasons for their relationship with colleagues. It is observed that employees have high perceptions of stress they are exposed to and psychological problems in case they can not cope with stress. This research was conducted to investigate the relationship between stress levels and mental symptom levels in working life of individuals working in different banks. The survey was conducted on 130 bank employees who are operating in various banks in Istanbul. Personal Information Form, Brief Symptom Inventory and Perceived Stress Scale were used for the collection of research data. The data obtained in the study were analyzed using SPSS for Windows 22.0 program. One-way ANOVA test was used for comparison of quantitative continuous data between two independent groups and t-test for comparison of quantitative continuous data between two independent groups. The Tukey test was used as a complementary post-hoc analysis to determine the differences after the Anova test. According to the findings obtained from the research, the level of stress perceived by employees; Anxiety, depression, negative self, somatization and hostility. Key words: Stress, work stress, psychological symptoms, bank employees