OBJECTIVES We aimed to ascertain the relationship between several factors and successful return to work using a structural equation model. METHODS We used original data from the Panel Study of Worker's Compensation Insurance, and defined four latent variables as occupational, individual, supportive, and successful return to work. Each latent variable was defined by its observed variables, inc...

Adolescents and young adults who experience the onset of a psychotic disorder often demonstrate major disruptions in occupational and social functioning. Yet, certain persons appear to be at a greater risk for impaired functioning after an episode of psychosis than others. This review of the psychiatric research literature on outcomes in psychotic disorders identifies several variables predicti...

introduction this study examines the level of farmers' perception of hazards, as well as their impacts on efficiency and mentally quality of farmers' life and profession. the relationship between each dimension of quality of work life and efficiency is studied too.   methodology the research method is descriptive and includes a survey of many selected villages in yazd province (farmer...

OBJECTIVE To identify dimensions of health associated with work ability and to verify whether such relationships are influenced by demographic or occupational characteristics. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out, including 224 employees of an employee health insurance and retirement savings company in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2001. Subjects responded to self-administered ...

The study is aimed at investigating the peculiarities of mobbing, as compared with other stress-related occupational issues, considering personal, occupational and health variables. A sample of 100 subjects examined in our Service was considered: 52 presented a situation ascribable to workplace bullying, 44 diseases associated with other occupational malfunctions, 4 were judged affected by psyc...

The authors examined the prediction of occupational attainment by age 40 from contextual and personal variables assessed during childhood and adolescence in 2 participant samples: (a) the Columbia County Longitudinal Study, a study of 856 third graders in a semirural county in New York State that began in 1960, and (b) the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development, a st...

BACKGROUND Life satisfaction research in China is in development, requiring new perspectives for enrichment. In China, occupational mobility is accompanied by changes in economic liberalization and the emergence of occupational stratification. On the whole, however, occupational mobility has rarely been used as an independent variable. Health status is always used as the observed or dependent v...

This study investigated the relationship between occupational stress and psychological well-being of teachers and the moderator effects of EI, selfefficiency, coping strategies, negative affectivity social support on the relationship. Measures of occupational stress, trait EI, self-efficiency, coping strategies negative affectivity and social support were administered on 420 secondary school te...

An occupational science curriculum leading to an undergraduate degree can be a challenging, yet professionally enjoyable task. Facing inevitable change influenced by national and internal university mandates, faculty at Saint Louis University engaged in a three-year process of development that resulted in a Bachelor of Science Degree in Occupational Science, which serves as a foundation for the...