Mental Health of the Industrial Worker

This book is a study of car workers. It sets out indices of mental health, which can be assessed by a questionnaire and interview, and traces their relation to occupational levels, job satisfactions, characteristics ?f the job, personal characteristics and various aspects ?f the worker's orientation. There are, of course, already many opinions on this, based on impressions a.nd inferences; the author's aim is to provide statisucally valid evidence. The indices chosen were Anxiety, self-esteem, hostility, sociability, overall satisfaction with life, and personal morale. No doubt, each ?ne may be questioned, but the evidence of their 'nter-relatedness carried some conviction. The findings will surprise few observers, e.g. that mental health is poorer at lower occupational levels, that this is not due to previous background or personality, but depends on job satisfaction?in particular, on the job's opportunity for using ability to the full. Indeed, it may be objected that it has taken a tremendous amount of work and talk to tell us