The influence of temperament on long-term job strain and its components: The cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 700-705

  Hintsa, Taina ^a   Hintsanen, Mirka ^a   Jokela, Markus ^a,b   Elovainio, Marko ^c   Raitakari, Olli ^d   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Harm avoidance; Job control; Job demands; Job strain; Novelty seeking; Temperament; Work stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955922107     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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