Process evaluation of a web-based stress management program to promote psychological well-being in a sample of white-collar workers in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-274

  Kawai, Kaoru ^a   Yamazaki, Yoshihiko ^a   Nakayama, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Process evaluation; Psychological well being; Stress management; Web

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; EVALUATION STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953752987     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.48.265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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