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Using the Job Burden-Capital Model of Occupational Stress to Predict Depression and Well-Being among Electronic Manufacturing Service Employees in China

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  • Chao Wang

    (National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
    Graduate School of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China)

  • Shuang Li

    (National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China)

  • Tao Li

    (National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China)

  • Shanfa Yu

    (Henan Provincial Institute for Occupational Health, Zhengzhou 450052, China)

  • Junming Dai

    (School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China)

  • Xiaoman Liu

    (National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China)

  • Xiaojun Zhu

    (National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China)

  • Yuqing Ji

    (National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China)

  • Jin Wang

    (National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China)

Abstract

Background : This study aimed to identify the association between occupational stress and depression-well-being by proposing a comprehensive and flexible job burden-capital model with its corresponding hypotheses. Methods : For this research, 1618 valid samples were gathered from the electronic manufacturing service industry in Hunan Province, China; self-rated questionnaires were administered to participants for data collection after obtaining their written consent. The proposed model was fitted and tested through structural equation model analysis. Results : Single-factor correlation analysis results indicated that coefficients between all items and dimensions had statistical significance. The final model demonstrated satisfactory global goodness of fit (CMIN/DF = 5.37, AGFI = 0.915, NNFI = 0.945, IFI = 0.952, RMSEA = 0.052). Both the measurement and structural models showed acceptable path loadings. Job burden and capital were directly associated with depression and well-being or indirectly related to them through personality. Multi-group structural equation model analyses indicated general applicability of the proposed model to basic features of such a population. Gender, marriage and education led to differences in the relation between occupational stress and health outcomes. Conclusions : The job burden-capital model of occupational stress-depression and well-being was found to be more systematic and comprehensive than previous models.

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  • Chao Wang & Shuang Li & Tao Li & Shanfa Yu & Junming Dai & Xiaoman Liu & Xiaojun Zhu & Yuqing Ji & Jin Wang, 2016. "Using the Job Burden-Capital Model of Occupational Stress to Predict Depression and Well-Being among Electronic Manufacturing Service Employees in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-15, August.
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