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Stress and mental health of farmer-workers / 中华劳动卫生职业病杂志
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases ; (12): 418-423, 2005.
Artículo en Chino | WPRIM | ID: wpr-285856
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the farmer-workers'stress, their mental health and the effect of stress on mental health.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The Stressors Scale and SCL-90 were used for the test in a sample of 500 farmer-workers.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The primary mental stressors of the farmer-workers were economic burden, protection of their rights and interests and working condition & load. There was difference in the degree of stress among the age groups and the groups of the degree of education. Farmer-workers under 29 years old experienced the most mental stress, those between 30 years old and 39 years old experienced less, and those above 40 years old experienced the least mental stress. In the Interpersonal Relationship Stress Scale, the scores of those with senior middle school education or above were higher than those with junior middle school education or even illiterate. But the scores in all other stress scale and the total stress scores were different the scores of those illiterate and those with senior middle school education or above, were higher than those with junior middle school education or lower. The mental health status of the farmer-workers was lower than the norm. The farmer-workers with at least one positive symptom factor accounted for 12.30% with the detectable rate of the factors of SCL-90 ranging from 1.9% to 6.5%. Most stressors could predict the mental health of the farmer-workers positively and remarkably.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Some farmer-workers have mental disorders. Mental stress plays an important role in the mental health of the farmer-workers.</p>
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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental) Asunto principal: Estrés Psicológico / Salud Mental / Epidemiología / Salud Laboral / Carga de Trabajo / Agricultura / Escolaridad / Acontecimientos que Cambian la Vida Tipo de estudio: Estudio pronóstico Límite: Adulto / Femenino / Humanos / Masculino Idioma: Chino Revista: Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases Año: 2005 Tipo del documento: Artículo

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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental) Asunto principal: Estrés Psicológico / Salud Mental / Epidemiología / Salud Laboral / Carga de Trabajo / Agricultura / Escolaridad / Acontecimientos que Cambian la Vida Tipo de estudio: Estudio pronóstico Límite: Adulto / Femenino / Humanos / Masculino Idioma: Chino Revista: Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases Año: 2005 Tipo del documento: Artículo