Moderating effects of salivary testosterone levels on associations between job demand and psychological stress response in Japanese medical workers
Autor: | Kumi Hirokawa, Toshiyo Taniguchi, Masao Tsuchiya, Norito Kawakami, Machiko Miwa |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
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Male Health Personnel Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Job control Workload Anxiety Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Japan Moderator Salivary testosterone medicine Humans Testosterone Young adult Saliva Depression (differential diagnoses) Depression business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Testosterone (patch) Moderation 030210 environmental & occupational health Occupational Diseases Job demand Psychological stress response Original Article Female medicine.symptom business Stress Psychological 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Industrial Health |
ISSN: | 1880-8026 0019-8366 |
DOI: | 10.2486/indhealth.2015-0113 |
Popis: | Levels of job stress have been shown to be inversely associated with testosterone levels, but some inconsistent results have been documented. We investigated the moderating effects of testosterone levels on associations between job stress-factors and psychological stress responses in Japanese medical workers. The participants were 63 medical staff (20 males and 43 women; mean age: 30.6 years; SD=7.3) in Okayama, Japan. Their job-stress levels and psychological stress responses were evaluated using self-administered questionnaires, and their salivary testosterone collected. Multiple regression analyses showed that job demand was positively associated with stress responses in men and women. An interaction between testosterone and support from colleagues had a significant effect on depression and anxiety for women. In women with lower testosterone levels, a reducing effect of support from colleagues on depression and anxiety was intensified. In women with higher testosterone levels, depression and anxiety levels were identical regardless of support from colleagues. Testosterone may function as a moderator between perceived work environment and psychological stress responses for female medical workers. |
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