Changes in mental health as a predictor of changes in working time arrangements and occupational mobility: Results from a prospective cohort study

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-145

  De Raeve, Lore ^a   Kant, IJmert ^a   Jansen, Nicole W H ^a   Vasse, Rineke M ^a   van den Brandt, Piet A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Change; Longitudinal; Mental health; Occupational mobility; Work schedule; Working hours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREER MOBILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 58149501721     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. De Raeve L., Jansen N.W.H., and Kant I. Health effects of transitions in work schedule, workhours and overtime in a prospective cohort study. Scand J Work Environ Health 33 (2007) 105-113
2. Harrington J.M. Shift work and health-a critical review of the literature on working hours. Ann Acad Med Singap 23 (1994) 699-705
3. Sparks K., Cooper C., Fried Y., and Shirom A. The effects of hours of work on health: a meta-analytic review. J Occup Organ Psych 70 (1997) 391-408
4. Van der Doef M., and Maes S. The Job Demand-Control (-Support) model and psychological well-being: a review of 20 years of empirical research. Work Stress 13 (1999) 87-114
5. de Lange A.H., Taris T.W., Kompier M.A., Houtman I.L., and Bongers P.M. "The very best of the millennium": longitudinal research and the demand-control-(support) model. J Occup Health Psychol 8 (2003) 282-305
6. Stansfeld S., and Candy B. Psychosocial work environment and mental health-a meta-analytic review. Scand J Work Environ Health 32 (2006) 443-462
7. Hagerty B.M., and Williams R.A. The effects of sense of belonging, social support, conflict, and loneliness on depression. Nurs Res 48 (1999) 215-219
8. Romanov K., Appelberg K., Honkasalo M.L., and Koskenvuo M. Recent interpersonal conflict at work and psychiatric morbidity: a prospective study of 15,530 employees aged 24-64. J Psychosom Res 40 (1996) 169-176
9. Swaen G.M., Kant I.J., van Amelsvoort L.G., and Beurskens A.J. Job mobility, its determinants, and its effects: longitudinal data from the Maastricht Cohort Study. J Occup Health Psychol 7 (2002) 121-129
10. De Raeve L., Vasse R.M., Jansen N.W.H., van den Brandt P., and Kant I. Mental health effects of changes in psychosocial work characteristics: a prospective cohort study. J Occup Environ Med 49 (2007) 890-899
11. Kalimo R. Reversed causality-a need to revisit systems modeling of work-stress-health relationships. Scand J Work Environ Health 31 (2005) 1-2
12. Zapf D., Dormann C., and Frese M. Longitudinal studies in organizational stress research: a review of the literature with reference to methodological issues. J Occup Health Psychol 1 (1996) 145-169
13. Bound J.M., Schoenbaum M., Steinbrickner T.R., and Waidmann T. The dynamic effects of health on the labor force transitions of older workers. Labour Econ 6 (1999) 179-202
14. Mutchler J.E., Burr J.A., Massagli M.P., and Pienta A. Work transitions and health in later life. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 54 (1999) S252-S261
15. Riphahn R.T. Income and employment effects of health shocks-A test case for the German welfare state. J Popul Econ 12 (1999) 363-389
16. van Amelsvoort L.G., Jansen N.W., Swaen G.M., van den Brandt P.A., and Kant I. Direction of shift rotation among three-shift workers in relation to psychological health and work-family conflict. Scand J Work Environ Health 30 (2004) 149-156
17. Rothman K.J., and Greenland S. Causation and causal inference in epidemiology. Am J Public Health 95 Suppl 1 (2005) S144-S150
18. Kant I., Bültmann U., Schroer K., Beurskens A., Van Amelsvoort L.G.P.M., and Swaen G.M.H. An epidemiological approach to study fatigue in the working population: the Maastricht Cohort Study. Occup Environ Med 60 Suppl 1 (2003) i32-i39
19. Bültmann U., Kant I., Kasl S.V., Beurskens A.J., and van den Brandt P.A. Fatigue and psychological distress in the working population: psychometrics, prevalence, and correlates. J Psychosom Res 52 (2002) 445-452
20. Jansen N.W.H., van Amelsvoort L.G.P.M., Kristensen T.S., van den Brandt P.A., and Kant I. Work schedules and fatigue: a prospective cohort study. Occup Environ Med 60 Suppl 1 (2003) i47-i53
21. Kant I., Beurskens A.J., Schroër C., Nijhuis F., and van Schayck C.P. De Maastrichtse Cohort Studie naar langdurige psychische vermoeidheid in de arbeidssituatie (The Maastricht Cohort Study of prolonged fatigue at work). Tijdschr Bedr- Verzek Geneeskd (TBV) 8 (2000) 226-232
22. de Croon E.M., Sluiter J.K., and Frings-Dresen M.H. Psychometric properties of the Need for Recovery after work scale: test-retest reliability and sensitivity to detect change. Occup Environ Med 63 (2006) 202-206
23. Van Veldhoven M., and Broersen S. Measurement quality and validity of the "need for recovery scale". Occup Environ Med 60 Suppl 1 (2003) i3-i9
24. Van Veldhoven M., and Meijman T.F. Het meten van psychosociale arbeidsbelasting met een vragenlijst: de vragenlijst beleving en beoordeling van de arbeid (VBBA). The measurement of psychosocial job demands with a questionnaire (VBBA) (1994), Netherlands Institute for the Working Environment NIA-TNO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
25. Broersen J.P.J., Fortuin R.J., Dijkstra L., van Veldhoven M., and Prins J. Monitor Arboconvenanten: kengetallen en grenswaarden. Tijdschr Bedr- Verzek Geneeskd (TBV) 12 (2004) 100-104
26. Bültmann U., de Vries M., Beurskens A.J., Bleijenberg G., Vercoulen J.H., and Kant I. Measurement of prolonged fatigue in the working population: determination of a cutoff point for the checklist individual strength. J Occup Health Psychol 5 (2000) 411-416
27. Vercoulen J.H., Swanink C.M., Fennis J.F., Galama J.M., van der Meer J.W., and Bleijenberg G. Dimensional assessment of chronic fatigue syndrome. J Psychosom Res 38 (1994) 383-392
28. Goldberg D.P., and Williams P. The user's guide to the General Health Questionnaire (1991), NFER-Nelson, Windsor, UK
29. Koeter M.W.J., and Ormel J. General Health Questionnaire, Handleiding Nederlandse bewerking [General Health Questionnaire, Manual Dutch version] (1991), Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse, The Netherlands
30. Hardy G.E., Shapiro D.A., and Borrill C.S. Fatigue in the workforce of National Health Service Trusts: levels of symptomatology and links with minor psychiatric disorder, demographic, occupational and work role factors. J Psychosom Res 43 (1997) 83-92
31. Karasek R., Brisson C., Kawakami N., Houtman I., Bongers P., and Amick B. The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ): an instrument for internationally comparative assessments of psychosocial job characteristics. J Occup Health Psychol 3 (1998) 322-355
32. Karasek R.A. The Job Content Questionnaire and User's Guide (version 1.1) (1985), Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Calif)
33. SPSS. SPSS Base 13.0 (2005), SPSS Inc., Chicago (Ill)
34. Frese M., and Zapf D. Methodological issues in the study of work stress: objective vs subjective measurement of work stress and the question of longitudinal studies. In: Cooper C.L., and Payne R. (Eds). Causes, Coping and Consequences of Stress at Work (1988), Wiley, Chichester, UK 375-411
35. Mohren D., Jansen N.W., Van Amelsvoort L.G., and Kant I. An Epidemiological Approach of Fatigue and Work. Experiences from the Maastricht Cohort Study (2007), Programma Epidemiologie van Arbeid en Gezondheid, Maastricht, The Netherlands