Social support as a mediator between job control and psychological strain.

Autor/in	Blanch, Angel
Titel	Social support as a mediator between job control and psychological strain. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Soziale Unterstützung als ein Mediator zwischen Arbeitskontrolle und psychischer Belastung.
Quelle	In: Social science & medicine, 157 (2016) May, S. 148-155 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7856; 0277-9536; 1873-5347
DOI	10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.04.007
Schlagwörter	Stressbewältigung; Soziale Beziehung; Arbeitsanforderung; Stress; Gesundheitszustand; Berufliche Autonomie; Qualifikationsniveau; Tätigkeitsmerkmal; Hochschule; Soziale Unterstützung; Öffentlicher Dienst; Mitarbeiter; Vorgesetzter; Spanien
Abstract	"Rationale Social support is a key influencing factor on health, and one of the main dimensions of the Demand - Control - Support (DCS) model within the occupational health field. The buffer hypothesis of the DCS determines that job control and social support relieve the effects of a high job demand on health. This hypothesis has been evaluated in several studies to predict worker's health, even though it has yielded ambiguous and inconclusive results.; Objective This study evaluated whether social support mediated the effect of job demand or job control on job strain. This mediation mechanism might represent a plausible and coherent alternative to the buffer hypothesis deserving to be analyzed within this field.; Method Two models considering support as the mediator variable in the explanation of job strain were assessed with a group of administrative and technical workers (N = 281).; Results While there was no evidence for support behaving as a mediator variable between demand and job strain, social support was a consistent mediator in the association of job control with job strain. The effect of job control on job strain was fully mediated by social support from supervisors and coworkers.; Conclusion The role of social support as a mediator implicates that the prevention of psychosocial stressors in the job place should place a stronger emphasis on improving social relationships at work." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/1