Does aging make employees more resilient to job stress? Age as a moderator in the job stressor-well-being relationship in three Finnish occupational samples

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 411-422

  Mauno, Saija ^a   Ruokolainen, Mervi ^a   Kinnunen, Ulla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

age; job stressors; occupation; self rated well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876490335     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.747077     Document Type: Review

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