Self-perceived depression, anxiety, stress and their relationships with psychosocial job factors in male automotive assembly workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-100

  Edimansyah, Bin Abdin ^a,b   Rusli, Bin Nordin ^a,b,c   Naing, Lin ^b,d   Mohamed Rusli, Bin Abdullah ^a   Winn, Than ^a,e   Tengku Mohamed Ariff, Bin Raja Hussin ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^e UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Automotive assembly workers; Depression anxiety stress scales; Job content questionnaire; Psychosocial job factors; Self perceived depression; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB STRESS; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUTOMOBILES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 39649120334     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.46.90     Document Type: Article

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