Temperament risk factor for mental health disturbances in the judiciary staff

摘要

Background: The aim of this paper was to examine how temperament might moderate the health impact of psychosocial hazardsat work and thus to attempt to identify the temperament risk factor in the judiciary staff. Material and Methods: The data werecollected from 355 court employees, including judges, judicial assistants, court clerks and service workers from criminal, civil,commercial as well as from labor and social insurance divisions. The psychosocial work environment was measured with the PsychosocialWorking Conditions Questionnaire by Cie?lak and Widerszal-Bazyl, temperament with Cloninger’s Temperament andCharacter Inventory adopted by Hornowska and employee health status was screened with Goldberg’s General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) adopted by Makowska and Merecz. The health impact of job strain with moderating effects of temperamenttraits was estimated with logistic regression (forward stepwise selection based on the likelihood ratio for the model). Results: Theanalyses confirmed the moderating role of temperament in the health consequences of work-related stress. High score in noveltyseeking was identified as independent temperament risk factor for mental health disturbances in judiciary staff facing at least mediumjob demands. The job control was a protective factor while relative risk of negative health outcomes was also elevated due tofemale gender. Conclusions: Temperament may control sensitivity to the environmental exposure to psychosocial hazards at workand its health consequences. Further research is needed to explore and understand better the moderating role of temperamentin the relation between job stress (strain) and health in different vocational groups and workplaces. Med Pr 2017;68(3):375–390