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Occupational stress intervention
Author(s) -
Hurrell Joseph J.,
Murphy Lawrence R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199604)29:4<338::aid-ajim11>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - occupational stress , medicine , psychological intervention , stressor , occupational safety and health , government (linguistics) , intervention (counseling) , compensation (psychology) , public health , occupational medicine , mental health , environmental health , gerontology , psychiatry , nursing , clinical psychology , psychology , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , pathology
The topic of occupational stress has received considerable research attention during the last decade and has emerged as an important occupational safety and health concern. Worker compensation claims for stress‐related illnesses, for example, were the fastest growing type of claim in the 1980s, comprising more than 11% of all such claims. Concern over problems associated with occupational stress and their costs has fostered interest in intervention strategies. While specific work stressors and their resulting physical and mental health consequences have been identified, relatively few successful interventions have been documented in the literature. This article discusses primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions efforts in the area of occupational stress and argues for efforts to increase understanding of the occupational stress intervention process. (This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.) © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.