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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.6.2598

Relationship Between Job Stress and Psychosocial Stress Among Clerical Public Officers  

Jo, Yoon-Jeong (Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Public Health Chungnam National University)
Cho, Young-Chae (Department of Preventive Medicine and public Health, Chungnam National University School of Medicine and Research Institute for Medical Sciences)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.6, 2011 , pp. 2598-2606 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between job stress and psychosocial stress among clerical public officers in Daejeon City. The self-administered questionnaire survey was administered to 386, during the period between June 1, 2010 and July 31, 2010. As a results, In terms of various levels of psychosocial stresses, 8.8% of the subjects were healthy group, 64.5% were potential stress group, and 26.7% were high risk stress group. On job specifications, the high risk stress group were significantly higher those with higher level of job demand, lower job autonomy and lower colleagues support than their respective counterparts. The level of psychosocial stress was positively correlated with job demand and negatively correlated with job autonomy and social support. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the factors of influence on psychosocial stresses included subjective status of health, satisfaction in work, smoking, leisure activities, past history of visits to medical clinics, social support from colleagues.
Keywords
Job Stress; Psychosocial Stress; Clerical Public Officer;
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