Working conditions, self-perceived stress, anxiety, depression and quality of life: A structural equation modelling approach

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rusli, Bin Nordin ^a,b   Edimansyah, Bin Abdin ^a   Naing, Lin ^a,c  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB CONTENT QUESTIONNAIRE; JOB FINDING; MALAYSIA; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE-BRIEF; CAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; JOB SATISFACTION; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUTOMOBILES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 40949103592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-48     Document Type: Article

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