Autonomic nervous system activity and workplace stressors-A systematic review

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1810-

  Jarczok, Marc N ^a   Jarczok, Marion ^a,b   Mauss, Daniel ^c   Koenig, Julian ^d   Li, Jian ^e   Herr, Raphael M ^a,b   Thayer, Julian F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Allianz AG   (Germany)

^d SRH UNIVERSITY HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employees; Heart rate variability; Psychosocial strain; Psychosocial work environment; Stress; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGUS TONE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84899781957     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.07.004     Document Type: Review

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