Psychosocial working conditions and self-reported health in a representative sample of wage-earners: A test of the different hypotheses of the Demand-Control-Support-Model

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-342

  Vanroelen, Christophe ^a   Levecque, Katia ^b   Louckx, Fred ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Active learning; Buffer hypothesis; Iso strain; Job strain; Log linear; Self reported health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK; WORKPLACE;

EID: 59149088069     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0340-2     Document Type: Article

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