Sense of coherence (SOC) may reduce the effects of occupational stress on mental health status among Japanese factory workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 503-508

  Urakawa, Kayoko ^a   Yokoyama, Kazuhito ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GHQ; JCQ; Occupational stress; Sense of coherence; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JAPANESE; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70350292125     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.503     Document Type: Article

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