Relationship between Effort-Reward Imbalance, Low Social Support and Depressive State among Japanese Male Workers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 78-81

  Watanabe, Misuzu ^a   Irie, Masahiro ^a,b   Kobayashi, Fumio ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depressive state; Effort reward imbalance; Overcommitment; Social support; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REWARD; SALARY; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 1542317842     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.46.78     Document Type: Article

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