Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: IntroductIonPoor mental health, such as depression, has been a se rious issue that may require workers to take sick leave 1 .Absence from work or the retirement of workers because of mental health problems leads to financial losses for compa nies.Therefore, measures to prevent mental health prob lems in workers must be implemented.Previous studies analyzed the relationship between job stress and depressive symptoms 2,3 .Elements that cause job stress for workers are listed in the Occupational Psy chological Stress Assessment Chart 4 published by the Min istry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan.Job stress includes quantitative work overload, qualitative work over load, and problems with workplace interpersonal relation ships 5,6 .Job stress due to quantitative work overload is stress caused by long hours of work or an increase in work load 5 , and qualitative work overload is work that is beyond the mental capacity of a worker 7 .Problems with office in terpersonal relationships include issues concerning com munication with superiors, coworkers, or subordinates 8,9 .Several studies have analyzed the relationship between character traits and job stress.Jurado et al. 10 have empha sized the effect of personality traits on the development of depressive symptoms independently of other individual characteristics and the occupational context.Sakai et al. 11
Authors: 千絵子 梶原, チエコ カジワラ, Chieko Kajiwara
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W44442803