title: Work organisation conditions, alcohol misuse: the moderating role of personality traits.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The moderating role of personality traits between work organization conditions and alcohol misuse by Canadian workers was examined.
  
  
  METHODS
  Longitudinal data came from Statistics Canada's National Population Health Survey (NPHS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Data had a hierarchical structure and were analyzed using multilevel logistic regression models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The multilevel analyis revealed that skill utilisation at work increased by 7% the risk of being part of an alcohol misuse group. Similarly, psychological demands at work, and being confronted with an irregular work schedule increased alcohol misuse respectively by 69 and 611%. Inversely, workers confronted with a job insecurity and those benefitting from social support at work had a respective 12 and 5% lower risk of being part of an alcohol misuse group. As for personnality traits, self-esteem increased by 17% the risk of alcohol misuse, while sense of coherence decreased the risk by 1%. Finally, self-esteem moderated by 3% the impact of physical demands at work on workers'alcohol misuse.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study builds upon previous research, since no prior study was able to identify the moderating role that self-esteem plays between physical demands at work, and worker's alcohol misuse.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. sabine.saade@umontreal.ca
authors.forename: Sabine L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Saade
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marchand
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational