Personality factors related to shift work tolerance in two- and three-shift workers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 719-724

  Natvik, Sylvia ^a   Bjorvatn, Bjørn ^a,b   Moen, Bente Elisabeth ^b   Magerøy, Nils ^c   Sivertsen, Børge ^a,d,e   Pallesen, Ståle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Uni Health   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e Division of Psychiatry   (Norway)

Author keywords

Personality; Rotating shifts; Shift work tolerance

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOM; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY VARIABLES; ROTATING SHIFTS; SHIFT WORK;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FLEXIBILITY; HARDINESS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JOB ADAPTATION; LANGUIDITY; LIFE EVENT; MORNINGNESS; NURSE; PERSONALITY; SHIFT WORKER; SOMNOLENCE; WORK CAPACITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79953702228     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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