title: Gender-related stress among Japanese working women.
abstract: This article addresses gender-related stresses of working women in Japan. We conducted a study of 399 employees in Japan using the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health General Job Stress questionnaire. The results suggest that for women the most significant factor related to depression is interpersonal conflict, whereas for men, it is professional matters. In addition, we conducted interviews with Japanese female employees about their occupational stress. Our interviews indicated that for the occupational mental health of working women, the establishment of modified and supportive interpersonal relations within workplace environments may be required because of the gender roles expected of women in a male-dominant socioculture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo University, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. chika777@snet.tcv.jp
authors.forename: Chikako
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ogiwara
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Yoshie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology; D017132:Workplace