ArticleInternational journal of public health2014
Are effort-reward imbalance and social isolation mediating the association between education and depressiveness? Baseline findings from the lidA(§)-study.
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- Developing an Extended Model of the Relation between Work Motivation and Health as Affected by the Work Ability as Part of a Corporate Age Management Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Serum lipid changes following the onset of depressive symptoms in postmenopausal women.Psychiatry research · 2017Article
- Occupational position, work stress and depressive symptoms: a pathway analysis of longitudinal SHARE data.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate multiple mediations of the association between education and depressive symptoms (BDI-V) by work-related stress (ERI) and social isolation, the regional variation of the first mediation and a potential moderating effect of regional unemployment rate.
methods6339 employees born in 1959 and 1965 were randomly recruited from 222 sample points in a German cohort study on work, age, health and work participation. A multilevel model of moderated lower-level mediation was used to investigate the confirmatory research question. Multiple mediations were tested corresponding to Baron and Kenny. These analyses were stratified for age and adjusted for sex, negative affectivity and overcommitment.
resultsIn the association between education and depressive symptoms, indirect effects of work-related stress and social isolation were significant in both age cohorts whereas a direct association was observable in the younger cohort, only. The significant regional variation in the association between work-related stress and depressive symptoms was not statistically explained by regional unemployment rate.
conclusionsOur findings point out that work-related stress and social isolation play an intermediary role between education and depressive symptoms in middle-aged employees.
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