OBJECTIVE To investigate the associations between psychosocial conditions at work, social capital/social participation, and daily smoking. DESIGN/SETTING/PARTICIPANTS/MEASUREMENTS The 2000 public health survey in Scania is a cross sectional postal questionnaire study with a 59% participation rate. A total of 5180 persons aged 18-64 years that belonged to the work force and the unemployed were...

context we briefly reviewed the evidence on the association of hepatitis c (hcv) infection with several aspects of mental and psychosocial health. evidence acquisition medline was searched with appropriate keywords. the primary sources were the systematic reviews. if systematic reviews were not available for a subject, then the most relevant and methodologically sound original studies were sele...

Resource-poor social environments predict poor health, but the mechanisms and processes linking the social environment to psychological health and well-being remain unclear. This study explored psychosocial mediators of the association between the social environment and mental health in African American adults. African American men and women (n = 1467) completed questionnaires on the social env...

The psychosocial construct of “social cohesion,” understood as social behaviors indicating trust, reciprocity, and concern for the well-being of the members of one’s community, is the key determinant of health in the “income inequality and social cohesion model” model (Ref. 1, p. 211). Social cohesion is defined as participation in public affairs, civic responsibility or involvement in public l...

DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS:DO PERSONALITY, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND SCHOOL CLIMATE PLAY A ROLE?byJESSICA MCLAUGHLINDecember 2013Advisor: Dr. Rita J. CaseyMajor: PsychologyDegree: Doctor of Philosophy Depression among early childhood teachers has received little attention withinthe United States. For the present study, early childhood teachers ...

Work stress is recognized globally as a social determinant of worker health. Therefore we explored whether work stress related factors explained national differences in health and productivity (gross domestic product (GDP)). We proposed a national worker health productivity model whereby macro market power factors (i.e. union density), influence national worker health and GDP via work psychosoc...

BACKGROUND Adverse psychosocial work environments may lead to impaired mental health, but it is still a matter of conjecture if demonstrated associations are causal or biased. We aimed at verifying whether poor psychosocial working climate is related to increase of redeemed subscription of antidepressant medication. METHODS Information on all antidepressant drugs (AD) purchased at pharmacies ...

INTRODUCTION Research dedicated to identification of precursors to cases of aggravated bullying in schools has led to enhanced knowledge of risk factors for both victimization and perpetration. However, characteristics among those who are more likely to intervene in such situations are less understood. The purpose of this study is to examine the associations between demographic characteristics,...

By changing individual food consumption patterns, it might be possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with climate change. The aim of the current study was to examine how perceptions of the moral intensity of climate change are related to climate friendly-food choices. The participants were 350 Finnish university students in the social and behavioral sciences who completed a ques...

To study whether high job stress has 'spill over effect' on other dimensions of life, subjective well being inventory (SWBI) and GHQ were administered to 201 policeman selected randomly from Bangalore city, India. Policemen scored significantly high in all dimensions expect in social support when compared to urban middle class men working in factories. The police who scored low in GHQ had signi...