Title
Moderating effects of salivary testosterone levels on associations between job demand and psychological stress response in Japanese medical workers
Date Issued
10 June 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Hirokawa K.
Miwa M.
Taniguchi T.
Tsuchiya M.
Kawakami N.
Publisher(s)
National Institute of Industrial Health
Abstract
Levels of job stress have been shown to be inversely associated with testosterone levels, but some inconsistent results have been documented. We investigated the moderating effects of testosterone levels on associations between job stress-factors and psychological stress responses in Japanese medical workers. The participants were 63 medical staff (20 males and 43 women; mean age: 30.6 years; SD=7.3) in Okayama, Japan. Their job-stress levels and psychological stress responses were evaluated using self-administered questionnaires, and their salivary testosterone collected. Multiple regression analyses showed that job demand was positively associated with stress responses in men and women. An interaction between testosterone and support from colleagues had a significant effect on depression and anxiety for women. In women with lower testosterone levels, a reducing effect of support from colleagues on depression and anxiety was intensified. In women with higher testosterone levels, depression and anxiety levels were identical regardless of support from colleagues. Testosterone may function as a moderator between perceived work environment and psychological stress responses for female medical workers.
Start page
194
End page
203
Volume
54
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psicología (incluye terapias de aprendizaje, habla, visual y otras discapacidades físicas y mentales) Otros temas de medicina clínica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84973519306
PubMed ID
Source
Industrial Health
ISSN of the container
00198366
Sponsor(s)
This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (grant number 17700527).
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