Stressors and Adverse Outcomes for Female Construction Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Deddens J ; Goldenhar, Linda M. ; Hurrell, Joseph J. Jr. ; Ruder A ; Swanson, Naomi G.
• Description:
  The authors examined the impact of a number of job stressors, including sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination, on female construction workers' level of job satisfaction and psychological and physical health. Results from a telephone survey with 211 female laborers indicated that having responsibility for others' safety and having support from supervisors and male coworkers was related to greater job satisfaction. Increased reported psychological symptoms were also related to increased responsibility, as well as skill underutilization, experience sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination from supervisors and coworkers, and having to overcompensate at work. Perceptions of overcompensation at work and job uncertainty were positively associated with self-reports of insomnia. Finally, sexual harassment and gender discrimination were positively related to reports of increased nausea and headaches. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Women
• Keywords:
  Construction-industry Construction-workers Psychological-disorders Sex-factors Stress
• ISSN:
  1076-8998
• Publisher:
  American Psychological Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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 ; DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  19-32
• Volume:
  3
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000178
• Citation:
  J Occup Health Psychol 1998 Jan; 3(1):19-32
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c7f9c5489b177f1fa860fbe05dd8f8a3d2e08afe7b06e8162b15bd3ecd36eade8d7b8e63921115c5910f76299f5557a3a0c9ff26c54ccfe3c9037e5ff074afda
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198175/cdc_198175_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 574.09 KB ]