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Psychosocial demands at work How many dimensions should we use ?

Psychosocial demands at work How many dimensions should we use ?. An analysis based on the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ). Tage S. Kristensen Harald Hannerz Karl B. Christensen Vilhelm Borg NIOH, Copenhagen. The National Danish Psychosocial Work Environment Study.

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Psychosocial demands at work How many dimensions should we use ?

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  1. Psychosocial demands at work How many dimensions should we use ? An analysis based on the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) Tage S. Kristensen Harald Hannerz Karl B. Christensen Vilhelm Borg NIOH, Copenhagen

  2. The National Danish Psychosocial Work Environment Study A representative sample of the adult (20-60 y) working population 2/3 mailed questionnaire 1/3 telephone interview Response rate 62 % 49 % women N = 1,858

  3. Main question How many scales for psychosocial demands at work should we have ? And which ?

  4. 5 demand scales * One scale for demands related to decisions and responsibility (”executive demands”) was not confirmed. * The two scales for emotions were not intended but appeared in the analyses.

  5. Correlations between demand scales were modest Range: 0.12 – 0.46 Highest correlations 0.45: Emotional and cognitive 0.46: Emotional and hiding emotions Lowest correlations 0.12: Quantitative and sensorial 0.12: Emotional and sensorial

  6. Associations with stress, fatigue and self-rated health

  7. Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire Quantitative demands

  8. Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire – Cognitive demands

  9. Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire – Emotional demands

  10. Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire Demands for hiding emotions

  11. Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire Sensorial demands

  12. Social class and quantitative demands at work Danish Psychosocial Work Environment Study Score 55.4 44.8 42.4 37.3 p < 0.0001 N = 1,684 Social Class

  13. Social class and emotional demands at work Danish Psychosocial Work Environment Study Score Women 46.6 45.6 40.5 42.1 36.4 Men 37.8 24.7 23.4 P<0.0001 for both genders N = 849 women and 835 men Social Class

  14. Distribution of jobs according to emotional demands and demands for hiding emotions 70 Work with clients/patients Teachers Doctors & nurses 60 Social workers 50 Work with customers/personnel Emotional demands Restaurant workers Managers 40 Traffic ass. Financial personnel Work with things Office workers Machine fitters Sales workers Building caretakers 30 Machine operators Transportation workers Electro-mechanical workers Farmers 20 Building workers 10 10 20 30 40 50 Hiding emotions

  15. Social class and developmental work Danish Psychosocial Work Environment Study 1 Development and growth High 2 Cognitive demands Stagnationand passivity 3 4 Low Low Possibilities for development High

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