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"""In general, the authors have provided readers with a thorough overview of research in many different areas of occupational health psychology. In our view, this textbook is most appropriate for graduate students and faculty, particularly given its emphasis on research and future directions for occupational health psychology. Advanced undergraduates, particularly those who have taken a research methods course, will also appreciate the text.""--Gary W. Giumetti and Carrie A. Bulger, Quinnipiac University, Occupational Health Science Journal. This comprehensive text for advanced undergraduate and graduate occupational health psychology (OHP) survey courses draws from the domains of psychology, public health, preventive medicine, nursing, industrial engineering, law, and epidemiology to focus on the theory and practice of protecting and promoting the health, well-being, and safety of individuals in the workplace and improving the quality of work life. The book will also appeal to anyone who is concerned with the corrosive effects of job stress. The text addresses key psychosocial work issues that are often related to mental and physical health problems, including psychological distress, burnout, depression, accidental injury, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. It examines leadership styles as they impact organizational culture and provides specific recommendations for reducing employee-related stress through improved leader practices. Also addressed is the relationship between adverse psychosocial working conditions and harmful health behaviors, along with interventions aimed at improving the work environment and maximizing effectiveness. Additionally, the book discusses how scientists and practitioners in OHP conduct research and other important concerns such as workplace violence, work & life balance, and safety. The book reinforces learning with key concepts and findings, highlight tables containing intriguing examples of research and current controversies, and chapter summaries. KEY FEATURES: Comprises the first comprehensive text on OHP for undergraduate and graduate survey courses Covers key issues in health psychology in the workplace such as stress, violence, work & life balance, and safety Organized and written for easy access by students and faculty Provides specific recommendations for reducing employee stress Includes key concepts and findings, highlight tables, and end-of-chapter summaries An Instructors Manual available to qualified adopters to help instructors develop exam and classroom discussion questions or homework assignments for each chapter"

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Author:   Irvin Sam Schonfeld ,  Chu-Hsiang Chang
Publisher:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780826199676

ISBN 10:   0826199674
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   26 January 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments From Irvin Sam Schonfeld Acknowledgments From Chu-Hsiang Chang 1. A Brief History of Occupational Health Psychology Early Forerunners Engels and Marx Émile Durkheim Max Weber and the Iron Cage Taylor and Ford Frederick Winslow Taylor Henry Ford World War I and the Interwar Years Impact on Soldiers The Interwar Years Human Relations Unemployment From the World War II Era to the 1970s World War II Institute for Social Research Tavistock and Human Relations Changes in the British Mining Industry Hans Selye Stressful Life Events Stress Research in Sweden Developments in Sociology, Social Psychology, and Industrial Psychology Richard Lazarus Methodological Rigor in Research on Job Stress OSHA and NIOSH P–E Fit Burnout Decision Latitude and Job Demands The 1980s to the Present Two Groundbreaking Studies Occupational Health Psychology Work & Stress APA–NIOSH Conference Series Doctoral Programs in OHP University of Nottingham Journal of Occupational Health Psychology ICOH–WOPS European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Society for Occupational Health Psychology Summary 2. Research Methods in Occupational Health Psychology Research Designs Experiment Quasi-Experiment Internal Validity of Experiments and Quasi-Experiments Cross-Sectional Study Case-Control Study Longitudinal Study Cohort Studies Meta-Analysis Two-Stage Meta-Analysis One-Stage Meta-Analysis Final Comment on Meta-Analyses Other Research Designs in OHP Diary Studies Natural Experiment Interrupted Time-Series Qualitative Research Methods Measurement Reliability Internal Consistency Reliability Alternate Forms and Test–Retest Reliability Interrater (Scorer) Reliability: Continuous Measures Interrater Reliability: Categorical Measurement Final Word on Reliability Validity Content Validity Criterion-Related Validity Construct Validity Research Ethics Summary 3. The Impact of Psychosocial Working Conditions on Mental Health Assessing Mental Health in OHP Research Psychological Distress and Depression Burnout The Impact of Job Loss on Mental Health Two Pathways for Research on Unemployment What the Research on Unemployment Has to Tell Us Job Loss and Suicide The Demand–Control(–Support) Model Social Support Becomes Part of the Model Measuring DCS Factors Methodological Concerns The Evidence Bearing on the Relation of the Demand–Control(–Support) Model to Depression and Distress The DCS Factors and Excessive Alcohol Consumption Workplace Support The Impact of DCS Factors The Job Demands–Resources (JD–R) Model and Conservation of Resources Model The Evidence Bearing on the JD–R Model The JD–R Model and Matching Summing Up of the JD–R Model The Effort–Reward Imbalance Model Other Psychosocial Factors Organizational Justice Job Insecurity Long Working Hours Night Work and Shift Work Stressful Occupational Events and Work-Related Social Stressors Coping Other Research Considerations Reverse Causality Controlling for Socioeconomic Status Nonwork Stressors Timing Waves of Data Collection Decisions About Study Populations Reliance on Self-Report Measures Summary 4. Epidemiology, Medical Disease, and OHP Cardiovascular Disease A Riddle Psychosocial Working Conditions Could Affect CVD Through Health Behaviors Cigarette Smoking Obesity and Weight Gain Leisure Time Physical Activity Summary Biological Links From Psychosocial Working Conditions to CVD Workplace Stressors and Human Biology Cortisol and Epinephrine Allostasis and Allostatic Load Dysregulation of the HPA Axis and Other Harmful Effects Summary Depression and CVD Burnout and CVD Research Linking “Stress at Work” and Demand–Control Variables to CVD Studies That Employed Imputation Strategies Linking DC Factors to CVD Studies That Involve DC Factors That Were Assessed by Worker Self-Report Focus on DC Factors in Women Two-Stage Meta-Analysis The DC and ERI Models Compared “Mega-Study” of DC Factors Summary of Studies Bearing on the DC and ERI Factors The Relation of Job Loss to CVD Mortality Job Insecurity and CVD Long Working Hours and CVD Bullying Work Schedules and CVD Socioeconomic Status and Health Summary of Research on the Relation of Psychosocial Workplace Factors to CVD Musculoskeletal Problems Psychosocial Working Conditions and Musculoskeletal Problems Evidence That Psychosocial Working Conditions Affect Musculoskeletal Problems Two Meta-Analyses and a Systematic Review Summary Other Health-Related Outcomes 5. Workplace Violence and Psychological Aggression Extent of Workplace Violence and Psychological Aggression Prevalence of Homicide in the Workplace Prevalence of Workplace Violence, Excluding Homicide Prevalence of Psychological Aggression in the Workplace Workplace Violence and Psychological Aggression Commonly Occur Risk Factors for Violence in the Workplace and Worker-on-Worker Psychological Aggression Risk Factors for Psychological Aggression by Workers Against Other Workers Focus on Three Occupational Groups Nurses Hospital Climate A Small Corps of Patients and the Context of Assaults Summary of the Nursing Findings Teachers What Qualitative Research Has to Say Official Data on Assault Data Obtained From the Teachers Themselves Summary of the Teacher Findings Bus Drivers Consequences of Violence Exposure at the Workplace Cross-Sectional Research on the Consequences of Exposure to Workplace Violence Case-Control Research on the Consequences of Exposure to Workplace Violence Longitudinal Research on the Consequences of Exposure to Workplace Violence Longer-Term Longitudinal Studies Shorter-Term Longitudinal Studies Summing up the Consequences of Violence Exposure Consequences of Workplace Psychological Aggression Longitudinal Research on the Consequences of Exposure to Workplace Psychological Aggression Longitudinal Studies on Distress and Depression With Longer Time Lags Longitudinal Studies on Distress and Depression With Shorter Time Lags Bidirectional Effects Outcomes Other Than Distress and Depression Coping Summary 6. Organizational Climate and Leadership Organizational Climate: A Brief History Levels of Analysis Dimensions of Organizational Climate Safety Climate Antecedents of Safety Climate Safety-Related Outcomes of Safety Climate Other Effects of Safety Climate Mistreatment Climate Psychosocial Safety Climate Other Climates Relevant to Occupational Health Psychology Organizational Leadership: A Brief History Contemporary Leadership Theories and Occupational Health Transformational Leadership Leader–Member Exchange Abusive Supervision Summary 7. OHP Research on Specific Occupations Teachers Mental Disorder, Suicide, and Physical Disorder Within-Occupation Research Summary Nurses Mental Disorder and Suicide Within-Occupation Research Summary Combat Soldiers Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Mental Disorder and Brain Injury Leadership Sexual Harassment Suicide Summary Postscript First Responders Police Officers Summary Firefighters Summary 9/11 9/11 First Responders Who Were Police Officers 9/11 First Responders Who Were Firefighters Children of 9/11 First Responders Summary Construction Workers Occupational Stress and Safety Occupational Health Issues Unique to Construction Workers Summary Agricultural Workers Occupational Stress Occupational Safety Occupational Health Issues Unique to Agricultural Workers Summary 8. Occupational Safety Risk Factors in the Physical Work Environment Occupational Health Psychology and Occupational Safety Individual Antecedents of Safety Performance and Workplace Accidents and Injuries Demographics Personality Ability Factors Motivation-Related Differences Situational Antecedents of Safety Performance and Workplace Accidents and Injuries Job Characteristics Shift Work Implications of Considering Individual and Situational Antecedents for Safety Summary 9. Work–Family Balance Negative Work–Family Interface: Work–Family Conflict Situational Antecedents of WFC Dispositional Antecedents of WFC Outcomes of WFC Experience Sampling and Longitudinal Research Cross-National Research Positive Work–Family Interface: Work–Family Enhancement (WFE) Situational Antecedents of WFE Dispositional Antecedents of WFE Outcomes of WFE Experience Sampling and Longitudinal Research Work–Family Balance Consideration of the Broader Context Summary 10.  Interventions in Occupational Health Psychology Integrated Model for Intervention in OHP Primary Interventions to Improve Work–Life Balance Secondary Interventions to Improve Work–Life Balance Tertiary Interventions to Improve Work–Life Balance Primary Interventions to Improve Physical Health and Safety Secondary Interventions to Improve Physical Health and Safety Tertiary Interventions to Improve Physical Health and Safety Primary Interventions to Improve Psychological Health and Well-Being Secondary and Tertiary Interventions to Improve Psychological Health and Well-Being Summary 11.  The Future of Occupational Health Psychology The Future of OHP, Chapter by Chapter Mental Health Money Personality and Social Factors Job Crafting Physical Health Intermediate Pathways to CVD Stroke Underrepresented Groups Workers Transitioning Into Retirement Aggression in the Workplace Work-Related Mistreatment via the Internet Organizational Climate and Leadership Industry-Specific Research Leadership Research on Specific Occupations Combat Soldiers Police Officers and Firefighters Correctional Officers The Self-Employed Teaming With Workers to Develop Research Ideas Safety Worker Empowerment and Safety Work–Family Balance Families Responsible for Other Kinds of Care The Self-Employed Physicians Interventions in the Workplace Learning From Failure Total Worker Health™ Final Thoughts Index

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Irvin Sam Schonfeld, PhD, MPH, is a professor of psychology at the City College of the City University of New York (CUNY), and is a professor of educational psychology and psychology at the Graduate Center of CUNY. Chu-Hsiang (Daisy) Chang, PhD, is an associate professor at the Department of Psychology of Michigan State University.

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