| Document ID (ISN) | 74494 |
| CIS number |
00-586 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0267-8373 - Work and Stress |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Author(s) |
Eriksen H.R., Ursin H. |
| Title |
Subjective health complaints: Is coping more important than control? |
| Bibliographic information |
July-Sep. 1999, Vol.13, No.3, p.238-252. Illus. 43 ref. |
| Abstract |
In a study involving 1,060 Norwegian postal workers with high work demand, the interrelations of psychological demands, control, coping, job stress and subjective health complaints were examined. A demand-coping model was developed and compared with the traditional demand-control model. Coping, understood as the expectancy of positive outcomes, was found to have more impact than control (decision latitude). Subjective health complaints were found to depend more on combinations of demands and coping than on demands and control. Individual coping mechanisms were found to be more important for subjective health than organization factors. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
work organization; occupational psychology; mental workload; health impairment |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
subjective assessment; musculoskeletal diseases; comparative study; stress factors; individual susceptibility; questionnaire survey |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Norway |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Psychological factors
Mental workload
|
