TY - JOUR
T1 - Work-Related Psychological Distress and Its Management
T2 - The Perspective of Employees in the Financial Industry Compared with Those in Human Services
AU - Vogazianos, Paris
AU - Petkari, Eleni
AU - Arakliti, Andri
AU - Soteriades, Elpidoforos S.
AU - Antoniades, Athos
AU - Tozzi, Federica
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2019/8/1
Y1 - 2019/8/1
N2 - Investigate psychological distress and its link to stress management interventions in the financial industry (FI) in comparison to the human services (HS) sector.Method:Observational study across participating organizations in FI (66) and HS (81). Web-based version of depression anxiety stress scales (21 questions) and eight questions related to stress prevention interventions adopted by employers.Results:Indicated that FI workers are twice as likely as HS employees to present with stress and depression. Differences emerged on the availability of support at the workplace: FI workers reporting total lack of psychological support, although other forms of wellbeing promotion were more frequent. Close to 60% of individuals in the HS group reported no support (48% in the FI).Conclusion:Workers in the FI industry have increased levels of workplace stress that could be possibly attributed to absence of prevention interventions at the workplace.
AB - Investigate psychological distress and its link to stress management interventions in the financial industry (FI) in comparison to the human services (HS) sector.Method:Observational study across participating organizations in FI (66) and HS (81). Web-based version of depression anxiety stress scales (21 questions) and eight questions related to stress prevention interventions adopted by employers.Results:Indicated that FI workers are twice as likely as HS employees to present with stress and depression. Differences emerged on the availability of support at the workplace: FI workers reporting total lack of psychological support, although other forms of wellbeing promotion were more frequent. Close to 60% of individuals in the HS group reported no support (48% in the FI).Conclusion:Workers in the FI industry have increased levels of workplace stress that could be possibly attributed to absence of prevention interventions at the workplace.
KW - financial industry
KW - high-risk professions
KW - stress
KW - work-related distress
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001632
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001632
M3 - Article
C2 - 31348420
AN - SCOPUS:85070626364
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 61
SP - E348-E353
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 8
ER -