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Document ID (ISN)45021
CIS number 85-2074
ISBN(s) 0-89838-608-X
Year 1984
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Commission of the European Communities
Title Breakdown in human adaptation to 'stress' - towards a multidisciplinary approach
Bibliographic information Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, Distribution Centre, P.O. Box 322, 3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1984. 1682p. (2 vol.). Illus. Bibl. Price: Glds.375.00.
Abstract The 1st volume of this collection of papers from CEC workshops in 1982 and 1983 includes 20 papers on the prevalence, origin and consequences of stress in air, road and sea transport. Other studies related explicitly to workplace stress are entitled: psychosocial and psychophysiological factors in the design and the evaluation of working conditions within health care systems; white collar occupation and coronary-prone behaviour; questionnaire for organisational stress; methodology in workstress studies. General studies on the methodology of stress studies (epidemiological, medical, psychological) are also present.
Descriptors (primary) neuropsychic stress; mental stress; transport industry; stress studies
Descriptors (secondary) European Communities; road transport; stress factors; air transport; sea transport
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Psychology and sociology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Mental stress and burnout
Transport industry (in general)