The Relationship Between Stress and Sleep Sufficiency in the Context of Varied Workplace Social Support

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• Personal Author:
  Brown CE ; Dally MJ ; Fisher, Gwenith G. ; Ganster DC ; Gibbons AM ; Graham DJ ; Kunz JJ ; Newman, Lee S. ; Schwatka, Natalie V. ; Shore E ; Tenney L
• Description:
  Objective: Sufficient sleep is essential for well-being. We examined the relationship between work-related social support, work stress, and sleep sufficiency, predicting that workers with higher social support would report higher sleep sufficiency across varying levels of work stress. Methods: The data set analyzed in the present study included 2213 workers from approximately 200 small (<500 employees) businesses in high, medium, and low hazard industries across Colorado. Results: Perceived social support variables moderated the relationship between work stress and sleep sufficiency such that employees reporting higher levels of social support reported higher sleep sufficiency when work stress was low or moderate but not high. Conclusions: Although preventing work stress is optimal, in cases where employers cannot apply primary interventions to prevent stress (eg, eliminating/reducing night shifts), employers should attempt to increase social support or other more relevant resources for employees. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Sleep
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Sleep Mental Health Non-work Perceived Support Sociological Factors Stress Total Worker Health TWH Work Workforce Development
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  65
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067727
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2023 Sep; 65(9):769-774
• Contact Point Address:
  James J. Kunz, MS, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Behavioral Sciences Building, 410 W Pitkin St., Fort Collins, CO 80523
• Email:
  james.kunz@colostate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing ; Services
• Performing Organization:
  University of Colorado Denver, Aurora
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20160901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:01b800c175e82a8a1f32033a33a5aeb5b30b5af680461c47a632517bf0268474efefcbd09b98679f3405cc8dafc446237e151349c69e4ba87107076657c8908c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229989/cdc_229989_DS1.pdf
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