Va te faire soigner, ton usine est malade : la place de l’hystérie de masse dans la problématique de la santé des femmes au travail

The production and manufacture of microelectronic components, carried out primarily by women workers, require extensive use of organic solvents. Affective and personality disturbances frequently have been associated with organic solvent toxicity. A group of women, former microelectronics workers (N = 70), primarily of Hispanic origin (77.1%) but raised in the United States, were evaluated for affective and personality disturbance with the MMPI. Profiles were analyzed, and diagnostic classification was performed blind. Results showed that (1) 85.7% of the profiles indicated abnormally high clinical elevations; and (2) MMPI profile classification revealed four clinical diagnostic groups: somatoform (24.3%), depression (15.7%), anxiety (28.6%), and psychotic (14.3%). These findings indicate significant psychopathology among these women, who formerly had worked in a microelectronics plant. The patterns of impairment present similarities to previous reports of organic solvent toxicity.

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Affective and personality disturbances among female former microelectronics workers

Bowler

Mergler

Rauch

et al. 1991

J. Clin. Psychol.

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Dumais²,

Romito³

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Saladini²

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Va te faire soigner, ton usine est malade : la place de l’hystérie de masse dans la problématique de la santé des femmes au travail

Abstract: Les Québécoises : dix ans plus tard Volume 15, numéro 1, juin 1990 URI : id.erudit.org/iderudit/031549ar

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Affective and personality disturbances among female former microelectronics workers

Affective and personality disturbances among female former microelectronics workers

Prostitutes and chimney sweeps both have problems: Towards full integration of both sexes in the study of occupational health

Phénomènes psychogéniques collectifs et lieux de travail

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