Sense of coherence is associated with reduced psychological responses to job stressors among Japanese factory workers

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Urakawa, Kayoko ^a,b   Yokoyama, Kazuhito ^b   Itoh, Hiroaki ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brief Job Stress Questionnaire; Job stress; Sense of coherence; Stress reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84861114742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-247     Document Type: Article

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