Health, job stress and psychological defense in physically active and inactive subjects
| Autor: | S. Larsen, H. Grønningsaeter, C. C. Christensen, Holger Ursin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Coping (psychology) Job stress business.industry Physical activity Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Physical exercise Leisure physical activity medicine Physical therapy Anxiety Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Job satisfaction medicine.symptom business Active group |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 1:104-111 |
| ISSN: | 0905-7188 |
| Popis: | The relationships between levels of physical activity and self-reports of health complaints, job stress and psychological defense were investigated in a broad screening on clerical workers in an insurance company (n= 171). The workers were divided into 4 groups, based on self-reports of self-administered leisure physical activity or sports. The highly physically active group (n= 43) had 3 or more sessions of at least 45 min regular physical exercise per week. The moderately active group (n= 31) had 1–2 sessions, the seldom active group (n= 31) less than 1 session per week and the totally inactive group (n= 66). The moderately active subjects reported significantly lower levels of subjective health complaints, including anxiety and depression, and higher job satisfaction than the seldom active and inactive subjects. There did not seem to be any additional benefits related to subjectively reported health or job stress in the group having 3 or more exercise sessions per week. The activity groups also differed with regard to psychological defense mechanisms. The highly active group showed more compensation than less active groups, and the inactive had more projection than the other groups. Projection was related to subjective health complaints. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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