Personality traits of the Five-Factor Model are associated with work-related stress in special force police officers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 295-306

  Garbarino, S ^b,c   Chiorri, C ^b   Magnavita, N ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Big Five personality factors; Control; Demand; Effort reward imbalance; Job strain; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

AQUILA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONALITY; POLICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84899414961     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-013-0861-1     Document Type: Article

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