Mental health effects of changes in psychosocial work characteristics: a prospective cohort study

L. De Raeve; R.M. Vasse; N.W.H. Jansen; P.A. van den Brandt; Y. Kant

doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e31811eadd3

Mental health effects of changes in psychosocial work characteristics: a prospective cohort study

L. De Raeve^*, R.M. Vasse, N.W.H. Jansen, P.A. van den Brandt, Y. Kant

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Abstract

Objective: To explore a possible causal relationship between psychosocial work characteristics and mental health. Methods: Using longitudinal data from the Maastricht Cohort Study on "Fatigue at Work" (n =2332), the effects of changes in job demands and decision latitude on subsequent changes in need for recovery and prolonged fatigue were studied. Results: Increasing job demands are a significant predictor of a subsequent increase in need for recovery (beta = 0.063) and prolonged fatigue (P = 0.057). An increase in decision latitude predicted a subsequent decrease in need for recovery (beta = -0.078) and prolonged fatigue (beta = -0.063). After adjusting for changes in other work characteristics, the effects on changes in prolonged fatigue were no longer significant. Conclusion: These findings support a possible causal relationship between work characteristics and mental health and can be used for designing effective prevention and intervention strategies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The XIIIth European congress of work and organizational psychology
Place of Publication	Stockholm
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e31811eadd3
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2007

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