title: Psychosocial factors and psychological well-being: a study from a nationally representative sample of Korean workers.
abstract: This study was conducted to examine how each psychosocial factor on working conditions is related to a worker's well-being. Data from the 2011 Korean Working Conditions Survey were analyzed for 33,569 employed workers aged ≥15 years. Well-being was evaluated through the WHO-5 questionnaire and variables about occupational psychosocial factors were classified into eight categories. The prevalence ratios were estimated using Poisson regression model. Overall, 44.3% of men and 57.4% of women were in a low well-being group. In a univariate analysis, most of the psychosocial factors on working conditions are significantly related with a worker's low well-being, except for insufficient job autonomy in both genders and job insecurity for males only. After adjusting for sociodemographic and structural factors on working conditions, job dissatisfaction, lack of reward, lack of social support, violence and discrimination at work still showed a statistically significant association with a worker's low well-being for both genders. We found that psychosocial working conditions were associated with the workers' well-being.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital, South Korea.
authors.forename: Bum-Joon
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dirga Kumar
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Lamichhane
authors.forename: Dal-Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: So-Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Seong-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hwan-Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*