Low workplace social capital as a predictor of depression

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1143-1151

  Kouvonen, Anne ^a   Oksanen, Tuula ^b   Vahtera, Jussi ^b   Stafford, Mai ^c   Wilkinson, Richard ^a   Schneider, Justine ^a   Väänänen, Ari ^b   Virtanen, Marianna ^b   Cox, Sara J ^a   Pentti, Jaana ^b   Elovainio, Marko ^d   Kivimäki, Mika ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Depression; Mental health; Psychology, social; Work

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALCOHOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURCHASING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FINLAND; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 43249095301     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn067     Document Type: Article

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