工作中的工作压力和心理健康之间的关系外文翻译.docVIP

外文翻译 原文 The Relationship between Job Stress and Mental Health at Work Material Source:Industrial Health 1997, 35, 29-35 Author:Jun Shigemi, Yoshio Mino, Toshihide Tsuda, Akira Babazono and Hideyasu Aoyama Selyel defined stress as the state manifested by a specific syndrome which consists of all the nonspecifically induced changes within a biologic system. Using an experimental study, he proved that stress induces a common pathological change which he called general adaptation syndrome. He did not specify the character of stress. Stress which was comfortable to the individual and essential for development and growth was called eustress, while stress which was unpleasant or harmful to the individual was called distress. Holmes and his collaborator weighted and scored stressful life events. They proved that severe health impairment is likely to occur if people have severe stressful life events and if the life events score exceeded 300 points in the previous year. Nevertheless, it was reported that there was only a weak relationship between the strength of stress and the incidence of psychiatric or somatic diseases. Knowing these facts, researchers attempted to identify other stress factors which affected psychiatric or somatic diseases. Lazarus and his collaborators reported that the daily hassles of living having continuous and chronic characteristics are a significant stress. These daily hassles appeared to be better predictors of health outcomes than life events. Recently, the causal relationship between job stress and psychiatric illness or cardiovascular disease was studied. The job-demand-control-support model suggests that psychological strain and subsequent somatic diseases resulted from the interaction of three types of job characteristics: job demand, job decision latitude, and work related social support. In Japan, causal relationship between job stress and mental health has been drawing the attention of researchers who are currently studying job st