title: Relations of occupational stress to occupational class in Japanese civil servants--analysis by two occupational stress models.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to identify relations between occupational stress and occupational class in Japanese civil servants, using two occupational stress models-the Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) Model and the Job Demand-Control (JDC) Model. The subjects were employees of three local public organizations. We distributed self-administered questionnaires and assessed occupational stress by ERI and JDC. We used seven occupational categories based on the Standard Occupational Classification for Japan. The data of 6,423 male and 1,606 female subjects were analyzed by logistic regression analysis to obtain odds ratios (OR) for relations between occupational stress and occupational class. In JDC, male clerical workers, transport/communication workers and protective service workers showed a significantly higher OR of being in the high occupational stress group, compared to managers. In ERI, male professionals/technicians, transport/communication workers, clerical workers and protective service workers showed a significantly higher prevalence OR, compared to managers, the two models giving different results. In ERI, female production workers/laborers and clerical workers had a significantly lower prevalence OR, compared to managers. The results of this study showed that occupational stress differed by occupational class and the two occupational stress models gave different results for occupational classes with high occupational stress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawaharada
authors.forename: Yasuaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saijo
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kishi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D009790:Occupations / Q000145:classification*; D015995:Prevalence; D017150:Public Sector; D012201:Reward; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology