STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of chronic job insecurity and changes in job security on self reported health, minor psychiatric morbidity, physiological measures, and health related behaviours. DESIGN Self reported health, minor psychiatric morbidity, physiological measures, and health related behaviours were determined in 931 women and 2429 men who responded to a question on job ins...

BACKGROUND Good work ability is very important in young workers, but knowledge of work situations that influence work ability in this group is poor. The aim of this study was to assess whether changes in self-reported work factors are associated with self-reported work ability among young female and male workers. METHODS A sample of 1,311 (718 women and 593 men) was selected from a Swedish co...

BACKGROUND Associations between job stresses, as assessed by theoretical job stress model and depressive symptoms among fire fighters have not been fully investigated. The purpose of this study is to clarify the factors of job stress that influence the depressive symptoms in Japanese fire fighters. METHODS The subjects involved 1,672 fire fighters from a local government. The questionnaire co...

when we speak of “training by means of questions”, as the most widespread form of training in language teaching, the question of self-assessment is more than ever vying for attention. self-assessment is an active rational strategy of on-the-job training, which allows teachers to identify ways of improving their job skills. in this article, we intend to offer a pedagogical reflection, which, b...

BACKGROUND Supportive studies of the demand-control (DC) model were more likely to measure specific demands combined with a corresponding aspect of control. PURPOSE A longitudinal test of Karasek's (Adm Sci Q. 24:285-308, 1) job strain hypothesis including specific measures of job demands and job control, and both self-report and objectively recorded well-being. METHOD Job strain hypothesis...