The contribution of working conditions and social support to the onset of depressive and anxiety disorders among male and female employees

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 401-410

  Plaisier, Inger ^a   de Bruijn, Jeanne G M ^a   de Graaf, Ron ^b   Have, Margreet ten ^b   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^b,c   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buffering effect; Depressive and anxiety disorders; Gender; Social support; The Netherlands; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL SUPPORT; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB SECURITY; JOB STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845436859     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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