Stopping Stress at Its Origins: Addressing Working Conditions To the Editor: A significant volume of research relates occupational stress to cardiovascular disease.1 Although a variety of methods exists for measuring occupational stress, a consistent feature of these measurements is a focus on environmental and work organization origins as opposed to individual characteristics and responses. Th...

This paper analyzes the determinants of the perceived stress level of workers with a special focus on the effects of commuting, while controlling for personal and work-related characteristics. Using ordered logistic regression we find that several dimensions of the commuting situation, such as impedance, control and predictability of commuting, significantly influence the perceived stress level...

INTRODUCTION Professional burnout has been described as a gradual erosion of a person and may be one of the possible consequences of chronic occupational stress. Although occupational stress has been surveyed among dentists in Hong Kong, no study has been published about burnout in the profession. This study aimed to evaluate burnout among Hong Kong dentists and its association with occupationa...

In this study, we investigated whether individuals’ personal and constraint commitment are differentially associatedwith their loneliness, as well as whether their commitment had an indirect effect on their stress through their loneliness. Participants included 255 couples in married or cohabiting relationships. Results of dyadic analyses indicated that individuals’ constraint commitment and lo...

OBJECTIVE The study objectives were to identify the stress levels and to explore the impact of students' year of study and gender on the perceived sources of stress among Malaysian dental students. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study involving dental students from year one to year five from private and public universities in Malaysia. The study was formally approved by the Research and E...

background: this study explores the level of occupational stress and main sources of occupational and personal stress among rural health workers (rhw) of the health network of mashhad district. method: the first part of the occupational stress inventory (osi) (called the occupational roles questionnaire (orq)) was used to measure the rural health workers occupational stress (n=172). a number of...

Background: Despite the large number of studies conducted on breastfeeding, no studies have yet examined the direct and indirect effects of socio-personal factors and mental health on breastfeeding. Aim: This study aimed to analyze of the effects of mental health and socio-personal factors on breastfeeding in infants aged less than six months. Method: This analytical cross-sectional study was c...

background and objectives: physiological changes and psychological adaptations during pregnancy period expose pregnant mothers to increased risk of depression, anxiety, and stress. presently, spiritual intelligence is addressed as one of the most influential issues in mental and emotional health of individuals. this study was conducted aimed at examination of the relationship between spiritual ...

Ambient particulate air pollution assessed as outdoor concentrations of particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 micro m in diameter (PM(2.5)) in urban background has been associated with cardiovascular diseases at the population level. However, the significance of individual exposure and the involved mechanisms remain uncertain. We measured personal PM(2.5) and carbon black exposure in 50 ...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated cultural differences in goals, self-defining memories, and self-cognitions in those with and without post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHOD Trauma survivors with and without PTSD, from independent and interdependent cultures (N=106) provided major personal goals, self-defining memories, and self-cognitions. RESULTS Trauma survivors with PTSD from in...