Job authority and health: Unraveling the competing suppression and explanatory influences

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1616-1624

  Schieman, Scott ^a   Reid, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anger; Distress; Job authority; Stress; Suppression effects; USA; Work

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

ANGER; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; JOB STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71549132216     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.038     Document Type: Article

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