The relationship between temperament, job stress and overcommitment: A cross-sectional study using the TEMPS-A and a scale of ERI

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 509-517

  Tei Tominaga, Maki ^a   Akiyama, Tsuyoshi ^b   Miyake, Yuko ^c   Sakai, Yoshie ^d  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kanto Teishin Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Effort; Overcommitment; Reward; Temperament; TEMPS A

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TEMPERAMENT; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REWARD; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 70350290409     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.509     Document Type: Article

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