Occupational overuse syndrome and psychosocial stressors in the work place : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology, at Massey University

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dc.contributor.authorStephens, Christine
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-04T02:37:42Z
dc.date.available2015-08-04T02:37:42Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.description.abstractThere is continuing concern about the incidence of Occupational Overuse Syndrome among workers using keyboards in New Zealand, but very little local research into the possible causes of the syndrome. Following results from overseas research, it is hypothesised that differences in rates of pain reporting by keyboard workers are related to job stress caused by different levels in the quality of the work environment. An interaction between autonomy and work pressure is also hypothesised. Keyboard users in several different job types, working in eight different newspaper offices of the same newspaper company, were surveyed. The results confirmed the hypotheses. Post hoc analysis showed that there were important differences between the types of stressors that predicted pain reporting between offices, and those that predicted pain reporting between job types. These results confirm the importance of considering psychosocial factors in work and workplace design for the prevention of OOS. Conclusions are also drawn about the situation specificity of such empirical research, and the need for more theoretical work in the search for the aetiology of OOS.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/6930
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectJob stressen_US
dc.subjectNewspaper publishingen_US
dc.subjectOveruse injuriesen_US
dc.subjectWork injury preventionen_US
dc.subjectOccupational Overuse Syndromeen_US
dc.titleOccupational overuse syndrome and psychosocial stressors in the work place : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology, at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorStephens, Christineen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
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