The association between socioeconomic status (SES) and physical health is robust. Yet, the psychosocial mediators of SES-health association have been studied in relatively few investigations. In this chapter, we summarize and critique the recent literature regarding negative emotions and cognitions, psychological stress, and resources as potential pathways connecting SES and physical health. We...

This study aimed to evaluate the Effort-Reward Imbalance among nurses and its association with burnout syndrome. is an observational of a cross-sectional type. A self-administered survey was used collect socio-demographic professional characteristics. The Siegrist scale measure psychosocial risks Copenhagen Burnout Inventory assess burnout. results indicate that level moderate [patient-related ...

a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Program on Integrative Knowledge and Human Flourishing, Harvard University, National Consortium on Psychosocial Stress, Spirituality, and Health, United States b Harvard Medical School, Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations, and Health Disparities, National Consortium on Psychosocial Stress, Spirituality, ...

Psychosocial risks are widely recognised as major challenges to occupational health and safety. The risk management approach, which starts with an assessment of the risk that they pose, is acknowledged as the most effective way of preventing and managing psychosocial risks at the workplace. This paper presents the findings and action taken following a risk assessment of psychosocial risks, at t...

OBJECTIVES To assess the degree to which physicians and nurses working in preventive child health care (child health professionals [CHPs]) identify and manage psychosocial problems in children, and to determine its association with parent-reported behavioral and emotional problems, sociodemographic factors, and general and mental health history of children. DESIGN The CHPs examined the child ...

IntroductionEarly relationship experiences with parents or other important caregivers provide the matrix on which people form subsequent bonds in their lives. An attachment style relates to how perceive themselves and significant others terms of possibility obtaining support care stressful situations. There can be distinguished a secure three insecure patterns bond: preoccupied, dismissing fear...