Work-related stress assessment in a population of Italian workers. The Stress Questionnaire

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 502, Issue , 2015, Pages 673-679

  Mucci, Nicola ^a,b   Giorgi, Gabriele ^c   Cupelli, Vincenzo ^a   Gioffrè, Pier Agostino ^d   Rosati, Maria Valeria ^d   Tomei, Francesco ^d   Tomei, Gianfranco ^d   Breso Esteve, Edgar ^e   Arcangeli, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Italian workers; Psychosocial risk scale; Stress Questionnaire; Work related stress assessment

Indexed keywords

ITALIAN WORKERS; PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK SCALE; WORK-RELATED STRESS;

MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

ARTICLE; BULLYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS MANAGEMENT; STRESS QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDITY; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKPLACE;

ITALY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84907965340     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.069     Document Type: Article

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