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The effect of pre-employment factors on job control, job strain and psychological distress: a 31-year longitudinal study
- Authors:
- ELOVAINIO Marko, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 65(2), July 2007, pp.187-199.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This study examined the role of pre-employment factors, such as maternal antenatal depression, low birth weight, childhood socioeconomic position, early adolescence health risk behaviours and academic performance, in the relationship between work characteristics (low job control and high job demands, or job strain) and psychological distress at age 31. The data of 2062 women and 2231 men was derived from the prospective unselected population-based Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort study. Results of linear regression models showed that being female, father's low socioeconomic position, and poor academic achievement in adolescence were linked to low control and high job strain jobs at age 31, and that low control and high job strain were associated with psychological distress at age 31. Although having lower school grades, high absence rate from school, and moderate alcohol consumption at age 14 were significant predictors of psychological distress at age 31, the associations between job control, job strain and psychological distress remained after controlling for these and other pre-employment effects. As such, pre-employment factors do seem to link people to risky work environments, which in turn seem to relate strongly to psychological distress. However, the relationship between pre-employment factors and later psychological distress in adulthood is not completely explained by job environment.
Mental health promotion in the workplace: a European perspective
- Author:
- KUHN Karl
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 5(1), March 2006, pp.29-34.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper reviews current evidence on the negative mental health impacts of employment, the key factors in work-related stress and European policies for promoting mental health in the workplace. It ends with some examples of good practice in workplace mental health promotion drawn from a range of European countries.
Facing the challenge of mental ill health in the workplace
- Author:
- JOYCE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 12(2), 2013, pp.93-97.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper reviews evidence from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) to outline the extent and cost of work-related mental ill health and the challenges it causes in the workplace. It focuses on what employers can do to facilitate an early return to work for those absent from work. It argues for a proactive approach to the management of mental ill health, recognising that employees are a valuable asset, assessing psychosocial risks and promoting health and wellbeing. This involves not only protecting their employees from work-related health and safety risks, but also helping employees with minor conditions to stay at work, for example, by negotiating flexible hours. Employees also need opportunities to look after their own health and wellbeing at work. Finally, it is important to create a culture where working with a mental health condition is accepted by other employees as normal. Good practice from Europe is reported. (Edited publisher abstract)
Duty of care: employment mental health and disability
- Author:
- CARR Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 2(1), March 2003, pp.16-23.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reviews research on employment and mental health, disability, stigma, work related stress and recent legislation, as well as personal experience, to give some insight into what employment means for people living with mental heath problems, how workplace can cause mental distress and why workplaces can be inaccessible for people disabled by mental health difficulties.
Counselling in the workplace: how time-limited counselling can effect change in well-being
- Authors:
- COLLINS Jill, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 12(2), 2012, pp.84-92.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Many employers provide counselling support on work and personal issues for their employees. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the workplace counselling service offered by the staff counselling service of a large university. Specifically, the study investigated whether the counselling made a difference to client well-being and, if so, whether the difference lasted. The study participants were 182 clients who had referred themselves to the University Counselling Service and received at least 1 session of counselling. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) was completed by the participants at the beginning and end of counselling, and at 3 and 6 months following. A non-treatment comparison group completed the survey at the same intervals. The results show clearly that the effect of time-limited counselling (average 7 sessions) on distressed clients is positive. The treatment group acquire an increased sense of well-being as a result of the experience of counselling with a significant statistical difference between pre-and post-counselling treatment group scores on the WEMWBS and consistently higher scores found post counselling. The improvement was maintained at the same level for at least 6 months following the end of counselling.
Caring at a distance: bridging the gap
- Author:
- CARERS UK
- Publisher:
- Carers UK
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Caring is an issue which affects every family in the UK. With an ageing population and workforce managing caring at a distance is also a business issue. This report presents findings from the first ever survey into the impacts on employers and employees of managing caring at a distance. Key findings show that nearly half of respondents indicated that their work had been negatively affected by caring and that they felt tired, stressed and anxious. One in three were also worried that caring might have an impact on their capacity to work in the future. The report suggests that information about external sources of care and support which is clear and easy to navigate must be provided at national and local level. Better promotion of supportive technologies is needed to help both the person who is being cared for and the distance carer, and more practical support for line managers in the workplace is needed to help bridge the gap between policy and practice.
Psychological safety at work: emergence of a corporate and social agenda in Canada
- Author:
- SHAIN Martin
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 11(3), August 2009, pp.42-48.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The concept of the psychologically safe workplace is emerging in Canada and the UK as a legal and social vehicle for the protection of employee mental health. As a prescription for a super-duty of care in the context of occupational health and safety, however, it is still relatively unfamiliar, even among human resource and health promotion professionals. Current Canadian law is reviewed, and an overview of relevant standards in the UK is also included for comparative purposes. A comprehensive approach to the prevention and management of mental injury at work would like is proposed. Although based on the Canadian experience, there are marked similarities to the UK experience.
Work-related distress in the 1990S - a real increase in ill health?
- Authors:
- STANSFELD Stephen A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 7(1), August 2008, pp.26-31.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Across the 1990s there has been a marked increase in reports of work-related psychological distress in the UK. This paper users the results of the most recent Occupational Health Decennial supplement, published by the Office for National Statistics and the Health and Safety Executive, based on nationally representative data sources on distress at work, working conditions, sickness absence and psychiatric morbidity to examine the reasons for the apparent increase in work-related psychological distress.
Stress and mental health in the workplace: Mind week report, May 2005
- Author:
- ROBERTSON Suzannah
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Workplace stress can create mental health problems, or act as a trigger for existing mental health problems which may otherwise have been successfully managed. There are a number of key actions that employers can take in order to encourage a mentally healthy workplace. They should: demonstrate and encourage awareness, understanding and openness in relation to the issues of stress and mental health in the workplace; adopt and adhere to formal policies on stress and mental health in the workplace and commit to addressing both issues; and allow employees to make reasonable adjustments, for example, flexi-time, working from home or quiet rooms to help them to manage mental health problems and work related stress issues. For employees with mental health problems, searching for and applying for jobs can be stressful experiences in themselves, so it is important to recognise and prepare for this. Relationships with colleagues are also a crucial factor in the experience of stress at work for employees with mental health problems. Therefore, it is important to develop supportive relationships and friendships at work.
The appropriateness and necessity of short term therapy in the context of the employee assistance programme
- Author:
- TAUTE Florinda
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Maatskaplike Werk, 40(1), March 2004, pp.15-24.
Discusses critically the concept of short-term therapy within the EAP context, focusing on its appropriateness and necessity. The role of homework during short-term therapy for the employee as a client in EAP is highlighted. Definitions of short term therapy are provided for a better understanding of this work. The types of problems that can be addressed by short-term therapy in the workplace will be discussed.