| Document ID (ISN) | 104198 |
| CIS number |
05-494 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2004 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Head J., Stansfeld S.A., Siegrist J. |
| Title |
The psychosocial work environment and alcohol dependence: A prospective study |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 2004, Vol.61, No.3, p.219-224. 30 ref. |
| Abstract |
The aim of this study was to examine whether a stressful psychosocial work environment predicts alcohol dependence. Alcohol dependence of participants in a cohort of London-based civil servants examined in 1985-88 was measured in 1991-93 using the CAGE questionnaire. The psychosocial work environment was measured by responses to questions on the job demand-support-control model and on the model of effort-reward imbalance. It was found that a stressful psychosocial work environment in terms of effort-reward imbalance was a risk factor for alcohol dependence in men. Among women, low decision latitude was related to alcohol dependence to some extent, but alcohol dependence among women was more prevalent in higher occupational grades. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
United Kingdom; alcoholism; government services; risk factors; psychology of work organization |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
human relations; mental health; questionnaire survey; social aspects; stress studies; stress factors; sex-linked differences; cohort study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Public and government services
Psychology of work organization
Psychological factors
Alcohol and drug abuse
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