The demand‐control‐support model: Methodological challenges for future research

“…Following the 3S-matrix proposed by Kristensen as a research program for the study of stressors, stress and sickness 26) , we have assessed the relation between two different methods of measuring psychosocial work risk factors: the average method and an independent external method. Self-reported psychosocial measures, in agreement with the Karasek's model 2) , have been compared with independent external indicators of the psychosocial work environment to assess the construct validity of self-reported psychosocial work risk factors, thus avoiding the subject's perception.…”

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External Validation of Psychological Job Demands in a Bus Driver Sample

Gimeno

Benavides

Mira

et al. 2004

Journal of Occupational Health

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External Validation of Psychological Job Demands in a Bus Driver Sample: David Gimeno, et al. Occupational Health Research Unit. Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain—Psychosocial risk factors have been considered as characteristics of the work environment rather than an individual issue, but their presence in the workplace is usually measured by self‐reported questionnaires, based on worker attitudes. The objective of the study was to compare a self‐reported measure of psychological job demands in a bus driver sample with selected indicators of bus company activity, as external ‘objective’ indicators, in order to assess its external validity. The final sample included 713 drivers in 41 routes. Self‐reported measures of psychosocial work risk factors were obtained by the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ). Four external indicators were available for each route: passengers, break times, bus incidents, and regulating actions. Spearman's correlation coefficient was estimated to assess the validity. Correlation coefficients showed that self‐reported psychological demands were statistically significant correlated (p<0.05) with two external indicators: bus incidents (rho=0.397), and regulating actions (rho=0.475). Self‐reported psychosocial risk factors have been compared with independent external indicators of the psychosocial work environment, trying to avoid any subject's perception. According to our results, psychological demands measured by the JCQ seem to reflect the actual psychosocial work environment. Other studies are necessary to confirm these results and to assess job control and job social support. This would be another step in improving our knowledge of the quality of measurement of psychosocial risk factors.

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“…Social support is a third dimension of this model. Social support exerts both main and buffering effects, i.e., alleviate stress directly or act as a buffer in interaction with stressors 28,29) .…”

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Job Strain, Effort-reward Imbalance and Neck, Shoulder and Wrist Symptoms among Chinese Workers

Nakata

et al. 2013

Ind Health

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The purpose of this study was to examine the association between psychosocial job stress (by the Job Control-Demand (JCD) model and Effort-Reward imbalance (ERI) model) and musculoskeletal (MS) symptoms among workers in China. Overall, 3,632 male and 1,706 female workers from 13 factories/companies participated in this study. Perceived job stress was evaluated by the Chinese version of the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) and ERI Questionnaire. Neck, shoulder and wrist symptoms were assessed by self-report during the past year. Workers reporting high job demands and low job control or high effort and low rewards had moderately increased risk for all MS symptoms. Odds ratios (ORs) were higher in workers reporting both high effort and low rewards. The combination of high physical job demands with low job control showed significant associations with MS symptoms. The effects of psychological demands on symptoms in women, effort and effort-reward imbalance on symptoms among both genders were increased as the number of regions with symptoms increased. These results suggest that high job strain and ERI are associated with neck, shoulder and wrist symptoms in Chinese factory workers independent of individual factors, physical factors, and other psychological variables.

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The demand‐control‐support model: Methodological challenges for future research

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External Validation of Psychological Job Demands in a Bus Driver Sample

Job Strain, Effort-reward Imbalance and Neck, Shoulder and Wrist Symptoms among Chinese Workers

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