title: Relationships of protective factors to stress and symptoms of illness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine relationships of work and individual protective factors to health outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants from 2 corporate samples completed measures of supervisor support, hardiness, coping, global stress, and symptoms of illness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Regression analyses indicated that higher scores on hardiness and approach coping and being male predicted lower scores on stress and symptoms of illness. Additionally, supervisor support predicted fewer symptoms of illness but did not have a spillover effect onto stress.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions that enhance individual protective factors primarily and work protective factors secondarily may be most effective in reducing stress and illness among employees.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Christyn L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Dolbier
authors.forename: Shanna E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Mary A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Steinhardt
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*