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Sociological concepts in the etiology of chronic disease: The case of ischemic heart disease.
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A conceptual sociological approach is developed which relates critical experiences of active distress to impaired long-term control of social status and possible avenues of future research which strengthen cross-fertilization between medical and social sciences are illustrated.About:
This article is published in Social Science & Medicine.The article was published on 1986-01-01. It has received 196 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heart disorder & Disease.read more
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Current issues relating to psychosocial job strain and cardiovascular disease research.
Töres Theorell,Robert Karasek +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors comment on recent reviews of cardiovascular job strain research by P. L. Schnall and P. A. Landsbergis and conclude that job strain as defined by the demand-control model (the combination of contributions of low job decision latitudes and high psychological job demands) is confirmed as a risk factor for cardiovascular mortality in a large majority of studies.
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Reviewing the effort-reward imbalance model: drawing up the balance of 45 empirical studies
TL;DR: A review of 45 studies on the Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) Model published from 1986 to 2003 showed that the extrinsic ERI hypothesis has gained considerable empirical support.
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Job strain, effort-reward imbalance and employee well-being: a large-scale cross-sectional study.
TL;DR: Findings show independent cumulative effects of both the JD-C Model and the ERI Model on employee well-being are not significantly different in men and women as well as in young and old people.
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Psychosocial work environment and stress-related disorders, a systematic review
TL;DR: Strong evidence was found that high job demands, low job control, low co-worker support, high supervisor support, low procedural justice, low relational justice and a high effort-reward imbalance predicted the incidence of SRDs.
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Low status control, high effort at work and ischemic heart disease: prospective evidence from blue-collar men.
TL;DR: A refined model of work-related socio-emotional distress substantially contributes to the explanation of high IHD incidence among blue-collar men.
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