Interpersonal conflict and depression among Japanese workers with high or low socioeconomic status: findings from the Japan work stress and health cohort study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 173-180

  Inoue, Akiomi ^a,b   Kawakami, Norito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Depression; Gender; Interpersonal conflict; Japan; Socioeconomic status (SES); Work; Workers

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

JAPAN;

EID: 77955696529     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.047     Document Type: Article

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