The Japanese version of the Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire: a study in dental technicians

Tsutsumi, Atsushi; Ishitake, Tatsuya; Peter, Richard; Siegrist, Johannés; Matoba, Tsunetaka

doi:10.1080/02678370110064618

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“…7 The Japanese version of the ERI questionnaire was developed through a back-translation process. 16 The reliability was acceptable for various Japanese working populations, and the validity has been confirmed in several investigations at workplaces.…”

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Psychosocial Factors and Health: Community and Workplace Study

Tsutsumi

2005

Journal of Epidemiology

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The effects of psychosocial factors on health have drawn growing attention. An important prerequisite for epidemiologic studies is that instruments to measure psychosocial factors be reliable and valid based on psychometric properties. The introduction of occupational stress models has made breakthroughs in conceptualizing real-life complex phenomena in the workplace. This article describes some trials that explore the associations between psychosocial factors and health in the community and workplace. Scales for measuring social support and psychosocial job characteristics were developed, and their validation was pursued. Findings suggest that adverse social relationships and job characteristics measured by these instruments are associated with ill health. To strengthen the validities of the measurements and to provide strong causal evidence between psychosocial factors and health, more prospective studies and interventional approaches are needed.

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Psychosocial Factors and Health: Community and Workplace Study

Tsutsumi

2005

Journal of Epidemiology

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“…The effort-reward imbalance model is a well-known psychosocial job stress model. We used the Japanese version of the Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire (ERIQ) developed by Tsutsumi et al; this measure is comprised of two main scales, extrinsic effort and reward 23) . Extrinsic effort refers to the demanding aspects of the work environment (subjective evaluation of workload) 23) .…”

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“…We used the Japanese version of the Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire (ERIQ) developed by Tsutsumi et al; this measure is comprised of two main scales, extrinsic effort and reward 23) . Extrinsic effort refers to the demanding aspects of the work environment (subjective evaluation of workload) 23) . Reward refers to three subscales: financial remuneration, esteem, and career opportunities, including job security 23) .…”

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“…Extrinsic effort refers to the demanding aspects of the work environment (subjective evaluation of workload) 23) . Reward refers to three subscales: financial remuneration, esteem, and career opportunities, including job security 23) . A score for the effort-reward ratio is obtained by calculating the logarithmic-transformed ratio between extrinsic effort and reward as a continuous measure; higher scores indicate greater imbalance 24,25) .…”

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Interactive Effects of Job Stress and Body Mass Index on Over‐eating

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Journal of Occupational Health

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Interactive Effects of Job Stress andBody Mass Index on Over-eating: Jiro TAKAKI, et al. Department of Public Health, Okayama UniversityGraduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences-Objectives: Recent prospective evidence drawn from the Whitehall II cohort reported by Kivimäki et al. implies that stressful situations are related to decreased body weight in thin men and increased body weight in obese men, whereas no corresponding interactive effects are observed in women. The mechanism underlying this phenomenon remains unknown, and the purpose of this study was to confirm our hypothesis that the relevant mechanism is behavioral (e.g., over-eating). Methods: The subjects of this survey were 607 Japanese workers (response rate: 60.5%) in four organizations. The questionnaire solicited demographic information and included the Bulimia scale of the Eating Disorder Inventory-EZ to measure tendencies toward overeating as well as the Japanese version of the EffortReward Imbalance Questionnaire (ERIQ). Body mass index (BMI) was calculated on the basis of data obtained during medical check-ups. We tested for linear and interactive effects with hierarchical regression analyses. Results: BMI was significantly (p<0.05) associated with over-eating both univariately and after adjusting for age in both sexes. Significant (p<0.05) interactions showed that ERIQ effort scores and effort-reward ratios were more positively associated with over-eating in men with higher BMIs, and ERIQ reward and financial remuneration scores Field Studywere more negatively associated with over-eating in men with higher BMIs. No corresponding interactive effects were observed among women. Conclusions:The results demonstrate that stressful situations are more associated with over-eating in men with higher BMIs. This might explain, in part, the mechanism underpinning the interactive effects proposed by Kivimäki et al. (J Occup Health 2010; 52: 66-73) Key words: Body mass index, Hyperphagia, Obesity, Psychological stress When stressed, some people lose and other people gain weight 1) . Although some studies have found associations between stressful work environments and increased body mass index (BMI) [2][3][4][5][6][7] , others have reported no associations between these variables [8][9][10][11][12][13] . Moreover, a highly stressful work environment was associated with low BMIs in several samples 14,15) . A review and a cross-sectional study showed that the association between a stressful work environment and BMI were inconsistent and differed by sex 16,17) . Recent prospective evidence drawn from the Whitehall II cohort implies that stressful situations are related to decreased body weight in thin men (BMI<22 kg/m 2 ) and increased body weight in obese men (BMI>27 kg/m 2 ), whereas no corresponding interactive effects are observed in women 18) . These interactive effects might explain, in part, the aforementioned inconsistent findings, but the mechanism by which these effects operate remains unknown. We hypothesized...

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“…Moreover, all the effort-reward ratios of the poor health functioning group were above 1, and therefore were defined as a high-risk condition for poor physical and mental health 19) .…”

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