Objectives: Associations between two alternative formulations of job stress derived from the effort-reward imbalance and the job strain model and first non-fatal acute myocardial infarction were studied. Whereas the job strain model concentrates on situational (extrinsic) characteristics the effortreward imbalance model analyses distinct person (intrinsic) characteristics in addition to situati...

OBJECTIVES Associations between two alternative formulations of job stress derived from the effort-reward imbalance and the job strain model and first non-fatal acute myocardial infarction were studied. Whereas the job strain model concentrates on situational (extrinsic) characteristics the effort-reward imbalance model analyses distinct person (intrinsic) characteristics in addition to situati...

Occupational stress is an increasing health problem for the high-risk industries. The occupation of correctional officers has received relatively scant attention, contributing to a recent increase in formal occupational stress claims. This research evaluated the ability of the Job Demand-ControlSupport (JDCS) model to predict strain in 132 Australian correctional officers. A specific measure of...

Currently Bankers are under a great transaction of stress and due to many backgrounds of stress such as Excess, Role doubt, Role conflict, Concern for people, Contribution, Lack of feedback, possession up with rapid technologicalchange. Being in an inventive role, Career development, Organizational structure and climate, and recent episodic events. The thing which find out is stress. This study...

background: job environment is a strong stimulus for creating of emotions and there are several stressful situations which could cause dissatisfaction, low work performance, leave or changing job. the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between sensations seeking with job stress among emergency medicine workers. methods: in this correlational study, 60 emergency medicine wor...

BACKGROUND In the past decade, the changing labor market seems to have rejected the traditional standards employment and has begun to support a variety of non-standard forms of work in their place. The purpose of our study was to compare the degree of job stress, sources of job stress, and association of high job stress with health among permanent and fixed-term workers. METHODS Our study sub...

In India, a survey indicates the prevalence of 30 times increase in hypertension among urban dwellers, compared with 10 times in rural inhabitants.1 Urbanization together with a change in life style, diet, and job stress, has been attributed in causing hypertension.Stress can cause hypertension by elevating the blood pressure (BP) and by stimulating the nervous system leading to the production ...

the relationship of job stress, depression and anxiety of   nursing staff of urmia university of medical sciences     r. khalilzadeh [1] , r. yavarian [2] , h.khalkhali [3]     abstract:   introduction: stress is assumed as mental under pressure in psychology. stress and consequently psychological imbalance occurs when a person is unable to manage or response to internal or external stimulators...