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Erschienen in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 8/2009

01.08.2009 | Original Article

Psychosocial working conditions and depressive symptoms among Swedish employees

verfasst von: Linda L. Magnusson Hanson, Töres Theorell, Per Bech, Reiner Rugulies, Hermann Burr, Martin Hyde, Gabriel Oxenstierna, Hugo Westerlund

Erschienen in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health | Ausgabe 8/2009

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Abstract

Purpose

To investigate prospective associations between working conditions and depressive symptoms in Swedish men and women.

Methods

The study was based on SLOSH (N = 5,985), a follow-up of a representative sample of gainfully employed Swedes 16–64 years of age from the Swedish Work Environment Survey 2003. Work demands, decision authority, support and conflicts at work were measured in 2003. Depressive symptoms were recorded in 2006 by a short version of the depression subscale of the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90). Linear regression analyses were performed.

Results

After adjusting for an indicator of previous depressive symptoms and covariates, conflicts with fellow workers in men were associated with depressive symptoms, whereas demands (men), support from fellow workers (women), and decision authority predicted lower scores.

Conclusion

The study supports the theory that decision authority, support and conflicts at work are predictive of depressive symptoms in the general Swedish working population.
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Metadaten
Titel
Psychosocial working conditions and depressive symptoms among Swedish employees
verfasst von
Linda L. Magnusson Hanson
Töres Theorell
Per Bech
Reiner Rugulies
Hermann Burr
Martin Hyde
Gabriel Oxenstierna
Hugo Westerlund
Publikationsdatum
01.08.2009
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health / Ausgabe 8/2009
Print ISSN: 0340-0131
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1246
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-009-0406-9

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