Working Women and Stress

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• Personal Author:
  Swanson, Naomi G.
• Description:
  Occupational stress is a growing problem in US workplaces and may be a problem of particular magnitude for working women, in part because of sex-specific job stressors (sex discrimination and difficulties combining work and family). Although such stressors have received little research attention until recent years, new research indicates that these stressors may have a negative impact on health and well-being above and beyond the effects of general job stressors (work overload, skill underutilization, etc). A number of stress-reduction strategies have been shown to be useful for working women, ranging from the more common individual stress management techniques to higher-level interventions focused on removing the sources of occupational stress. This article provides a brief overview of occupational stress as it affects working women and presents research on approaches for reducing the negative effects of job stress. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Stress, Psychological Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Demographic Characteristics Job Stress Sex Factors Stress Work Environment Worker Health Workers
• ISSN:
  0098-8421
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  76-79
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20020825
• Citation:
  J Am Med Women's Assoc 2000 Apr-May; 55(2):76-79
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the American Medical Women's Association
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bab762e2950245986b7b6ba1d0fd671d3a8eff41a0c9f7524dfd64bc0b6c14558731a580866d11dfc9f6914928e1e95c5d680f8ee9ed12a736030f58f65d13a4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198488/cdc_198488_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 247.74 KB ]