Open AccessJob strain and psychological distress in white collar workers
Author(s) -
Renée Bourbonnais,
I Chantal Brisson,
Jocelyne Moisan,
Michel Vézina
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.122
Subject(s) - job strain , social support , job satisfaction , psychology , distress , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , psychosocial
In line with Karasek's job strain model, the objective of the study was to determine whether workers submitted to high job strain, a combination of high psychological demand and low decision latitude, develop more psychological distress than workers not submitted to high job strain. A second objective was to determine whether social support at work modifies the association between job strain and psychological distress.