| Document ID (ISN) | 111548 |
| CIS number |
11-0294 |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
RR644
|
| Author(s) |
Fairclough S., Goodwin L.
Health and Safety Executive |
| Title |
Attention, awareness and occupational stress |
| Bibliographic information |
HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, 2008. 46p. Illus. + Appendix 43p. Illus. Bibl.ref. |
| Internet access |
RR644.pdf [in English]
|
| Abstract |
Symptoms associated with occupational stress, such as muscular pain and fatigue, are common in the working population. These types of symptoms have been termed idiopathic, difficult to link to a precise physical cause. To complicate matters further, idiopathic symptoms are often associated with psychological variables such as anxiety and depression. Despite these difficulties, idiopathic symptoms represent an important index of occupational health and play a significant role in the decision to seek medical consultation. This project was primarily concerned with the influence of attentional factors on the perception of idiopathic symptoms associated with occupational stress. Attention is fundamentally goal-driven and selective. Persons having negative beliefs about health are inclined to actively monitor bodily signs and symptoms for evidence of illness. A person who is experiencing an uncomfortable or troubling symptom also tends to direct attention internally to the body, at the expense of attending to events in the external world. A detailed literature review is included in an appendix. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
United Kingdom; symptoms; subjective assessment; individual susceptibility; stress factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
concentration ability; human factors; mental health; stress studies; public OSH institutions; literature survey; glossary; report |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Psychological factors
|
