The Physiological Measurement of Work Stress: A Critique

Fried, Yitzhak; Rowland, Kendrith M.; Ferris, Gerald R.

doi:10.1111/j.1744-6570.1984.tb00528.x

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“…physiological) criteria. 1 Furthermore, often studies exploring the intervention eects on blood pressure are poorly designed and do not mention the standardization of blood pressure measures 22 or control for the transitory factors 23 such as cigarettes, coee, tea and exercise that might aect blood pressure variation. 13,14,18,19 The present study incorporated these elements and examined the intervention eects of lifestyle and coping on physical health and resting blood pressure.…”

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Using lifestyle and coping to reduce job stress and improve health in ‘at risk’ office workers

Lindquist¹,

Cooper²

1999

Stress Med.

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This study assessed the effectiveness of an intervention programme which employed previously identified lifestyle and coping strategies to reduce the subjective experience and effects of work‐related stress. Employees (104) working in a government tax office with identified stress‐related symptoms were randomized to enter an intervention group (52) or a control group (52). Pre‐ and post‐programme questionnaire assessments of work‐related stress, coping strategies, physical health and lifestyle as well as physiological assessments (blood pressure and body mass index) were used to evaluate changes following an 8‐week programme implementation phase. The programme comprised four weekly workshops on stress and lifestyle education as well as stress‐coping skills training, followed by individual counselling sessions and a personalized action plan. Control group members were offered the same programme after post‐programme assessment. There were no statistically significant differences between the intervention and control groups for stress and health indicators at post‐programme. A 12‐week post‐intervention follow‐up showed reductions in perceived workplace (p<0.01) and home/work (p=0.05) stress. The data suggest that relatively short interventions with individual follow‐up can reduce perceptions of stress even where workplace stressors have not changed. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Using lifestyle and coping to reduce job stress and improve health in ‘at risk’ office workers

Lindquist¹,

Cooper²

1999

Stress Med.

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“…Strain is a reaction to stressors, which can be observed at a psychological, behavioural, or physiological level, and burnout is one example of such reaction (Fried, Rowland, & Ferris, 1984). The assumption of the JD-R model is that the psychosocial work environment can be categorized into two groups: job resources and job demands (Demerouti et al, 2001).…”

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Exploring business travel with work–family conflict and the emotional exhaustion component of burnout as outcome variables: The job demands–resources perspective

Jensen

2013

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

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Research on the relations among business travel, work, and family domains has been limited. To address this issue, this study examined the influence of business travel on work-family conflict and the emotional exhaustion component of burnout, using the Job Demands-Resources perspective. The study was conducted in a large Norwegian oil and gas company, and to overcome the limitations of self-reported data on business travel frequency, the company's business travel database was utilized in the study. The response rate was 68% (n = 2093). The results revealed that business travel frequency and control over travel explained a significant proportion of the variance in work-family conflict, but not in emotional exhaustion. However, work-family conflict was found to be a mediator in the business travel-emotional exhaustion relationship. Moreover, the results revealed significant differences in work-family conflict related to travel pattern among groups of travellers, but no differences in emotional exhaustion. Commuters reported the highest degree of work-family conflict. Practical implications and the consequences of these findings for future research are discussed.

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“…in the hope that these measures would be more reliable and valid. However, physiological measures possess their own reliability problems and findings employing such measures have been inconsistent and disappointing (Fried, Rowland & Ferris, 1984;Hendrix, Ovalle & Troxler, 1985;Steffy &Jones, 1988). A dependable research methodology for stress research has not emerged and we can only interpret findings in light of less than perfectly reliable and valid measures.…”

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The impact of health habits and life‐style on the stressor—strain relationship: An evaluation of three industries

Steffy

Jones

Noe

1990

Journal of Occupational Psychology

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Three industry populations representing a total of 58 organizations and more than 3000 individuals were surveyed to assess the influence of life‐style and health habits on stress outcomes. Results suggest a strong direct relationship between life‐style and health habits and stress outcomes. Contrary to hypotheses, life‐style and health habits did not consistently moderate, or ‘buffer’, the stressor‐strain linkage.

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The Physiological Measurement of Work Stress: A Critique

Cited by 77 publications

References 93 publications

Using lifestyle and coping to reduce job stress and improve health in ‘at risk’ office workers

Using lifestyle and coping to reduce job stress and improve health in ‘at risk’ office workers

Exploring business travel with work–family conflict and the emotional exhaustion component of burnout as outcome variables: The job demands–resources perspective

The impact of health habits and life‐style on the stressor—strain relationship: An evaluation of three industries

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