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THE PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT OF WORK STRESS: A CRITIQUE
Author(s) -
FRIED YITZHAK,
ROWLAND KENDRITH M.,
FERRIS GERALD R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1984.tb00528.x
Subject(s) - psychology , variety (cybernetics) , work (physics) , stress (linguistics) , work stress , clinical psychology , statistics , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , engineering
There has been considerable growth in the number of studies focused on the relationship between stress at work and a variety of physiological symptoms, especially cardiovascular irregularities, abnormal levels of biochemicals in the blood and urine, and gastrointestinal disorders. Many of these studies, however, have used inadequate procedures for measuring such symptoms. Consequently, the results and conclusions of these studies are often invalid or, at best, questionable. The purpose of this paper is to critique the prevailing procedures used in the measurement of physiological symptoms in work stress research and to suggest needed improvements.