Health inequalities and the psychosocial environment—two scientific challenges

J Siegrist, M Marmot - Social science & medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
As social inequalities in health continue to be a key public health problem, scientific
advances in explaining these inequalities are needed. It is unlikely that there will be a single …

A review of empirical studies on the model of effort–reward imbalance at work: reducing occupational stress by implementing a new theory

A Tsutsumi, N Kawakami - Social science & medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
The present study reviews empirical studies of a new occupational stress model of effort–
reward imbalance at work to examine its validity as an occupational stress measure and the …

Effort–reward imbalance, overcommitment, and measures of cortisol and blood pressure over the working day

A Steptoe, J Siegrist, C Kirschbaum… - Psychosomatic …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To assess the biological correlates of effort–reward imbalance and
overcommitment to work using measurements over the working day. Methods: Participants …

Work and mental health

K Wilhelm, V Kovess, C Rios-Seidel, A Finch - Social psychiatry and …, 2004 - Springer
Background: Studies investigating the psychological correlates of types of occupation have
focused on such disorders as stress, depression, suicide and substance abuse. There have …

A longitudinal study comparing the effort-reward imbalance and demand-control models using objective measures of physician utilization

AS Ostry, R Hershler, L Chen… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The objectives of this study were to compare the predictive validity of the
demand-control and effort-reward imbalance models using objective measures of physician …

[PDF][PDF] Estudio del estrés laboral en Baleares aplicando el cuestionario desequilibrio esfuerzo-recompensa

ÁAL González, MH García, MAM Palmer… - Medicina …, 2004 - dialnet.unirioja.es
En los últimos años nuestra sociedad ha empezado a tomar en consideración la gran
influencia que tiene el estrés en la salud pública y el gran impacto económico que ejerce en …

Health Psychology Within Organizational Contexts

E Ferguson, M Kerrin - Health psychology in practice, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
There are a number of growing and important overlaps between health and occupational
psychology. Understanding organizations is important as they provide health services and …