title: Is the worsening of psychosocial exposures associated with mental health? Comparing two population-based cross-sectional studies in Spain, 2005-2010.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze whether associations between workplace psychosocial exposures and the mental health of the working population in Spain changed between 2005 and 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two representative samples of the Spanish working population have been analyzed, 2005 (n = 5073) and 2010 (n = 3544).
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 2010 there was a significant association between poor mental health and exposure to high Demands, low Social Support and high Insecurity over working conditions, and exposure to high Insecurity over losing the job only for men. In 2005 there was a significant association with exposure to high Demands and low Social Support.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Changes in the associations between psychosocial risks and mental health may be related to the socioeconomic context marked by the rise in unemployment and the destruction of jobs as a result of the 2008 economic crisis.
authors.affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Grup Recerca Amèrica i Àfrica Llatines (GRAAL), Biostatistics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Mireia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Utzet
authors.affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Grup Recerca Amèrica i Àfrica Llatines (GRAAL), Biostatistics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.affiliation: Union Institute of Work, Environment and Health (ISTAS), Reference Centre on Work Organisation and Health, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Llorens
authors.affiliation: Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Division of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Carles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muntaner
authors.affiliation: Union Institute of Work, Environment and Health (ISTAS), Reference Centre on Work Organisation and Health, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moncada
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000639:trends*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Spain; insecurity; mental health; population studies; psychosocial factors