| Document ID (ISN) | 74294 |
| CIS number |
00-294 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1232-1087 - International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Merecz D., Makowska Z., Makowiec-Dąbrowska T. |
| Title |
The assessment of big five personality factors and temperament domains as modifiers of cardiovascular response to occupational stress |
| Bibliographic information |
July-Sep. 1999, Vol.12, No.3, p.273-284. Illus. 24 ref. |
| Abstract |
The role of the Big Five Personality Factors (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness) and Temperament Domains as factors influencing cardiovascular response to work, and their moderating effect on the relationship between occupational stress and cardiovascular reactivity was investigated in 97 bank clerks. Conscientiousness was found to be the only modifier of cardiovascular response to occupational stress, as reflected by systolic blood pressure. Several effects, independent of stress, associated with personality and temperament domains were also found: the ratio of heart rate at work to heart rate during sleep was associated with the strength of excitatory process, the percentage of maximum heart rate index with Conscientiousness, and systolic blood pressure at work was influenced by the strength of inhibitory process. However, physiological indicators of cardiovascular system function were not very sensitive to changes in values of personality and temperament variables at the level of occupational stress. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
banking and insurance; neuropsychic stress; mental stress; pulse rate; character |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
arterial blood pressure; stress factors; stress studies; questionnaire survey |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Poland |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Banking and financial services
Mental stress and burnout
Cardiovascular diseases
|
