title: 100-point scale evaluating job satisfaction and the results of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire in occupational workers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Job satisfaction is an important factor in the occupational lives of workers. In this study, the relationship between one-dimensional scale of job satisfaction and psychological wellbeing was evaluated.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1,742 workers (1,191 men and 551 women) participated.
  
  
  METHODS
  100-point scale evaluating job satisfaction (0 [extremely dissatisfied] to 100 [extremely satisfied]) and the General Health Questionnaire, 12-item version (GHQ-12) evaluating psychological wellbeing were used. A multiple regression analysis was then used, controlling for gender and age. The change in the GHQ-12 and job satisfaction scores after a two-year interval was also evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age for the subjects was 42.2 years for the men and 36.2 years for the women. The GHQ-12 and job satisfaction scores were significantly correlated in each generation. The partial correlation coefficients between the changes in the two variables, controlling for age, were -0.395 for men and -0.435 for women (p< 0.001). A multiple regression analysis revealed that the 100-point job satisfaction score was associated with the GHQ-12 results (p< 0.001). The adjusted multiple correlation coefficient was 0.275.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The 100-point scale, which is a simple and easy tool for evaluating job satisfaction, was significantly associated with psychological wellbeing as judged using the GHQ-12.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. kawada@nms.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawada
authors.forename: Natsuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004345:Drug Industry; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007586:Job Application; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D009790:Occupations; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology