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Stressful Job Demands and Worker Health: An Investigation of the Effects of Self‐Monitoring 1
Author(s) -
Fox Marilyn L.,
Dwyer Deborah J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1995.tb01827.x
Subject(s) - stressor , psychology , situational ethics , distress , mental health , sample (material) , social psychology , physical health , occupational stress , clinical psychology , psychological distress , mental distress , psychotherapist , chemistry , chromatography
The hypothesis that self‐monitoring would moderate the relationship between work stressors and health was tested on a sample of 136 registered nurses. Results showed that subjects who were more other‐directed and who were more concerned with situational appropriateness had more mental and physical distress when exposed to higher levels of work stressors.