An holistic approach to stress and wellbeing

摘要

1. Workplace hazards often combine cumulatively to produce negative outcomes 2. The level of exposure that predicts negative effects may be dependent on outcomes 3. Particular combinations of stressors often produce selective effects on outcomes 4.A negative occupational factors (NOF) score, the sum of negative job characteristics, is a good predictor of outcomes such as stress, mental health problems and accidents 5. This approach is able to predict longer-term changes in health status 6. Effects observed from subjective data generalise to more objective measurement 7. The approach can be used to assess industry-specific issues (eg seafarers' fatigue) 8. It has implications for policy issues, such as the development of stress management standards.