Temperament and job stress in Japanese company employees

Sakai, Yoshie; Akiyama, Tsuyoshi; Miyake, Yuko; Kawamura, Yoshiya; Tsuda, Hitoshi; Kurabayashi, Lumie; Tominaga, Michiaki; Noda, Toshie; Akiskal, Kareen K.; Akiskal, H. S.

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2004.03.012

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“…This study showed that younger care attendants experienced higher levels of occupational stress, as found in similar research [20,21]. Those who graduated from college experienced greater occupational stress than did those from middle, high, and vocational schools because of the higher job expectations and aspirations, which corresponded closely to the results of Lin (2000) [9].…”

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The Effects of Personal Background and Occupational Stress on the QOL of Vietnamese Care Attendants Working at Medical Institutions in Taiwan

Chien¹

2013

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Abstract:Background: With the rapid increase in the elderly population, there is a growing demand for care attendants at medical institutions in Taiwan The rapid growth in the number of foreign care attendants is significant and the quality of care provided by these foreign care attendants is directly related to the quality of care received by elderly people. However, few studies have addressed the relationship between occupational stress and quality of life (QOL) for foreign care attendants in Taiwan. Purpose: This study explored the relations between personal background and occupational stress and QOL of Vietnamese care attendants in Taiwan. Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited Vietnamese care attendants currently working at regional hospitals in Kaohsiung City and County who had worked in Taiwan for at least three months. We distributed a structured questionnaire to potential participants and collected 264 valid completed questionnaires between January and April 2010.Results: Significant statistical differences were detected in the QOL of Vietnamese care attendants of various ages and educational levels, in the number of non-work days in a month, the number of daily work hours, and the number of patients cared for. A negative correlation was found between the various levels of occupational stress and the eight dimensions of wellness for Vietnamese care attendants, indicating that higher occupational stress led to lower QOL. In addition, we developed a regression model for overall QOL (SF-36), a physical component summary (PCS) and a mental component summary (MCS). By entering the variables "workload and work procedures," "number of daily work hours," and "relationships with management supervisors" into our regression model, we calculated the variance for "overall QOL (SF-36)," "QOL for PCS," and "QOL for MCS" to be 44.9%, 38.3%, and 41.7%, respectively. Conclusions: Higher levels of occupational stress led to a lower QOL for Vietnamese care attendants. Of all the factors, "workload and work procedures," "number of daily work hours," and "relationships with management supervisors" wielded the greatest influence on QOL.

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The Effects of Personal Background and Occupational Stress on the QOL of Vietnamese Care Attendants Working at Medical Institutions in Taiwan

Chien¹

2013

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“…There has been only one report that studied the relationship between affective temperaments and stress. Sakai et al (2005) showed that affective temperament measured by the TEMPS-A influenced interpersonal relationship stressors, i.e., conflicts, more than workload-related stressors and that irritable temperament was associated with the most prominent vulnerability, followed by cyclothymic and anxious temperaments. Their results are consistent with ours.…”

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The influence of childhood abuse, adult stressful life events and temperaments on depressive symptoms in the nonclinical general adult population

Nakai

Inoue

Toda

et al. 2014

Journal of Affective Disorders

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Background: Previous studies have shown the interaction between heredity and childhood stress or life events on the pathogenesis of major depression. We hypothesized that childhood abuse, affective temperaments, and adult stressful life events interact and influence depressive symptoms in the general adult population and tested this hypothesis in this study. Methods:The 294 participants from the nonclinical general adult population were studied using the Limitations:The subjects of this study were nonclinical. The findings might not be generalized to patients with mood disorders. Conclusions:This study suggests that childhood abuse, especially neglect, indirectly increased depressive symptoms through increased affective temperaments, which, in turn, increase the negative appraisal of stressful life events. An important role of affective temperaments in the effect of childhood abuse and stressful life events on depressive symptoms was suggested.

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“…That study suggested that the major depressive and bipolar disorder groups showed significantly higher depressive, cyclothymic and anxious temperament scores than the control group, and that these types of temperament might be risk factors for mood disorders. The relationship between temperament and job stress has been examined by Sakai et al [16] and Tei-Tominaga et al [17] in employees of a Japanese company. Sakai et al [16] have found that temperament predicted a large share of variance in job stress measured by the NIOSH Generic Job Stress Questionnaire (R 2 = 0.073-0.202).…”

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“…The relationship between temperament and job stress has been examined by Sakai et al [16] and Tei-Tominaga et al [17] in employees of a Japanese company. Sakai et al [16] have found that temperament predicted a large share of variance in job stress measured by the NIOSH Generic Job Stress Questionnaire (R 2 = 0.073-0.202).…”

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Relationship between job stress, temperament and depressive symptoms in female nurses

Kikuchi¹,

Nakaya²,

Ikeda³

et al. 2014

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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Objectives: A casual relationship between temperament, job stress and depressive symptoms has not been established yet. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationships between job stress, temperament and depressive symptoms in female nurses at a Japanese general hospital. Material and Methods: A self-report survey was conducted among 706 nurses. We measured job stress, temperament, and depressive symptoms using the Brief-Job Stress Questionnaire, the TEMPS-A and a screening scale of items from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. In order to examine the causal relationship between the measures the stepwise multiple regression and path analyses were used. Results: Depressive symptoms were modestly correlated with job stress (γ = -0.23-0.30). Except for hyperthymic temperament measures, the correlations between depressive symptoms and temperament types were significant and moderate (γ = 0.36-0.50). Overtime, job control as well as depressive and cyclothymic types of temperament were significantly correlated with depressive symptoms (β = 0.15, p < 0.05; β = 0.19, p < 0.01; β = 0.26, p < 0.001; β = 0.32, p < 0.001, respectively). Path-analysis revealed that depressive and cyclothymic types of temperament influenced depressive symptoms both directly (β = 0.67, p < 0.001) and indirectly via job stress (β = 0.35, p < 0.001 from temperament to job stress; β = 0.20, p < 0.05 from job stress to depressive symptoms). Irritable and anxious types of temperament and quantitative job overload did not contribute to the path-analytic model. Conclusions: Health care professionals should consider temperament, especially depressive and cyclothymic types, in order to help employees cope better with job stress factors. We need further research about the effective intervention to help employees better cope with their job stress.

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Temperament and job stress in Japanese company employees

Cited by 45 publications

References 17 publications

The Effects of Personal Background and Occupational Stress on the QOL of Vietnamese Care Attendants Working at Medical Institutions in Taiwan

The Effects of Personal Background and Occupational Stress on the QOL of Vietnamese Care Attendants Working at Medical Institutions in Taiwan

The influence of childhood abuse, adult stressful life events and temperaments on depressive symptoms in the nonclinical general adult population

Relationship between job stress, temperament and depressive symptoms in female nurses

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