TY - GEN
T1 - The Effect of Support from Superiors and Colleagues Between Occupational Stress and Mental Health Among Japanese Sport Facilities Workers
AU - Park, Myunghee
AU - Otake, Hirokazu
AU - Takumi, Iwaasa
AU - Mizuno, Motoki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This study examined the occupational stress experienced by office worker and exercise instructor working in the Japanese fitness club and the association of these occupational stressors on mental health and the influence of support of superiors and colleagues on worker’s mental health. The survey was conducted on 488 workers in the capital area sports facilities in Japan, among which 426 valid respondents (219 office staff and 207 instructor staff) were grouped and data were analyzed. The survey included (1) Occupational stress measured by the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire, (2) Mental health measured by General Health Questionnaire. To examine associations between job stress and mental health, t-tests and linear regression analyses models were conducted. As a result, the two groups showed different occupational stress factors. For office staff group, the quantitative demand, qualitative demand, and meaning of job had a stronger relationship with mental health. For instructor staff group, the qualitative demand, interpersonal relationships, and job aptitude had a stronger relationship with mental health. Superior support showed a buffering effect on interpersonal relationships and mental health for office worker group, and colleagues support showed a buffering effect on job insecurity, quantitative demand, and work circumstances for instructor staff group.
AB - This study examined the occupational stress experienced by office worker and exercise instructor working in the Japanese fitness club and the association of these occupational stressors on mental health and the influence of support of superiors and colleagues on worker’s mental health. The survey was conducted on 488 workers in the capital area sports facilities in Japan, among which 426 valid respondents (219 office staff and 207 instructor staff) were grouped and data were analyzed. The survey included (1) Occupational stress measured by the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire, (2) Mental health measured by General Health Questionnaire. To examine associations between job stress and mental health, t-tests and linear regression analyses models were conducted. As a result, the two groups showed different occupational stress factors. For office staff group, the quantitative demand, qualitative demand, and meaning of job had a stronger relationship with mental health. For instructor staff group, the qualitative demand, interpersonal relationships, and job aptitude had a stronger relationship with mental health. Superior support showed a buffering effect on interpersonal relationships and mental health for office worker group, and colleagues support showed a buffering effect on job insecurity, quantitative demand, and work circumstances for instructor staff group.
KW - Buffering effect
KW - GHQ
KW - Job demand
KW - Support at work
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-96080-7_74
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-96080-7_74
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85051732125
SN - 9783319960791
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 617
EP - 626
BT - Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume IV
A2 - Bagnara, Sebastiano
A2 - Alexander, Thomas
A2 - Fujita, Yushi
A2 - Tartaglia, Riccardo
A2 - Albolino, Sara
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2018
Y2 - 26 August 2018 through 30 August 2018
ER -