The effect of pre-employment factors on job control, job strain and psychological distress: A 31-year longitudinal study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-199

  Elovainio, Marko ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^b   Ek, Ellen ^b   Vahtera, Jussi ^b   Honkonen, Teija ^b   Taanila, Anja ^c   Veijola, Juha ^c   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Finland; Job control; Job strain; Life course; Mental health; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL STATUS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34250303148     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.052     Document Type: Article

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