Linkage of Job Characteristics and Depression in a National Health Survey in the United States

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• Personal Author:
  Alterman, Toni ; Chen X ; Chrislip D ; Grosch J ; Muntaner C ; Petersen, Martin R.
• Description:
  Associations between depression and proxy measures for workplace psychosocial factors and work organization were examined. Job characteristics from the Occupational Information Network (O"NET) were linked to the U.S. National Health Interview Survey. Scales were developed through factor analyses and linkage was done using occupational titles. Logistic regression showed that several O.NET variables (e.g. guiding work of others, gaining knowledge, and positive management relations) were protective for depression after adjustment for gender, race, ethnicity, education, and age. Additional analysis using this linkage technique is warranted, and may suggest other important job characteristics associated with worker well-being. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Fatigue Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Mental-fatigue Mental-health Mental-processes Mental-stress Psychological-adaptation Psychological-factors Psychological-processes Psychological-responses Psychological-stress Surveillance-programs Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISBN:
  9781841698601
• ISSN:
  0020-7594
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  43
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035039
• Citation:
  Int J Psychol 2008 Jul; 43(3-4):484
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Psychology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a6c95759fc0f29c6027cb715a781957a4932a76d60b30f0dbc60434780a00292f1b32b21b99f1a176cbf0d54db7eb076768d79a21080c741ba0cb2895f21ae1c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187029/cdc_187029_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 6.54 MB ]