Stressful work environment and wellbeing: What comes first?

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 289-300

  Elovainio, Marko ^a,b   Heponiemi, Tarja ^a   Jokela, Markus ^b   Hakulinen, Christian ^b   Presseau, Justin ^c   Aalto, Anna Mari ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Psychosocial factors; Risk factors; Sleeping problems; Stress; Working population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; FINLAND; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923267531     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: 19391307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038684     Document Type: Article

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