ArticlePloS one2016
The Usefulness of Assessing and Identifying Workers' Temperaments and Their Effects on Occupational Stress in the Workplace.
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- Factors Influencing Nurses' Work-Life Balance: A Systematic Review of Challenges, Opportunities and Strategic Solutions for Healthcare Practice and Policy.Journal of nursing management · 2026Pooled it
- Association between the five-factor model of personality and work engagement: a meta-analysis.Industrial health · 2022Pooled it
- Outcomes of an interdisciplinary return to work intervention including occupational therapy for mood and adjustment disorders: A single-arm clinical trial.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2023Trial
- Relationships between temperaments, occupational stress, and insomnia among Japanese workers.PloS one · 2017Trial
- Emotional Dysregulation and Stress-Related Psychopathology in Workers Exposed to Occupational Stress.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Perceived Social Support and Parental Emotional Temperament Among Children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Relationships between Occupational Stress, Change in Work Environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Non-Healthcare Workers in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Temperament and professional quality of life among Japanese nurses.Nursing open · 2020Article
- Affective Temperament is Associated with Stress Coping Strategies and Work Stress Perception Among Polish Bank Employees.Psychology research and behavior management · 2020Article
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Abstract
The relationship between temperaments and mental disorders has been reported in previous studies, but there has been little attention to temperaments in the occupational safety and health research. The aim of this study was to clarify the effects of temperaments on occupational stress among local government employees. The subjects were 145 Japanese daytime workers in local government. Temperaments were assessed by the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego-Auto questionnaire (TEMPS-A). Occupational stress was assessed using the Generic Job Stress Questionnaire (GJSQ). Hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis was used. Hyperthymic temperament predicted a higher level of job control, and a lower level of role ambiguity and job future ambiguity. Irritable temperament predicted a lower level of social support from supervisors and a higher level of role conflict, variance in workload and intragroup conflict. Anxious temperament predicted a lower level of social support from coworkers and a higher level of job future ambiguity. The sample size was small. Only Japanese local government employees were surveyed. Hyperthymic temperament played a protective role, and irritable, anxious temperament played a vulnerable role against one's own occupational stress and recognizing the roles they play in work life would lead to self-insight. Additionally, recognition of the temperaments and temperament-related stressors by one's supervisors or coworkers would facilitate provision of social support.
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