Associations between sense of coherence and psychological work characteristics with changes in quality of life in Japanese civil servants: A 1-year follow-up study

Industrial Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 236-241

  Nasermoaddeli, Ali ^a   Sekine, Michikazu ^a   Hamanishi, Shimako ^a   Kagamimori, Sadanobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Job control; Job demand; Quality of life; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING; WORK;

EID: 0042671332     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.41.236     Document Type: Article

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