Self-rated Health and Allostatic Load in Women Working in Two Occupational Sectors
2009 (English)In: Journal of Health Psychology, ISSN 1359-1053, E-ISSN 1461-7277, Vol. 14, no 4, p. 568-577Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This study set out to investigate how biological dysregulation, in terms of allostatic load (AL), relates to selfrated health (SRH) in women. Data on SRH and 12 biomarkers used to assess AL were available for 241 employees from the health care sector and 98 employees from the IT/media sector. In line with the hypothesis, results showed that a poor SRH, along with occupational sector, age and education, were significantly associated with a high AL, particularly for those working withinthe health care sector. This association between a poor SRH and AL, suggests a link between SRH and biological dysregulation.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications , 2009. Vol. 14, no 4, p. 568-577
Keywords [en]
biological dysregulation, biomarkers, subjective health, work
National Category
Psychology Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology Occupational Health and Environmental Health
Research subject
Psychology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-27015DOI: 10.1177/1359105309103576ISI: 000265393300009Local ID: P2735OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-27015DiVA, id: diva2:212386
Note
Financial support came from Anna Ahlström and Ellen Terserus Foundation, Swedish Council for Working
Life and Social Research and Alecta
2009-04-222009-04-222018-01-13Bibliographically approved