Title
The Very Best of the Millennium: Longitudinal Research and the Demand-Control-(Support) Model
Author
de Lange, A.H.
Taris, T.W.
Kompier, M.A.J.
Houtman, I.L.D.
Bongers, P.M.
Publication year
2003
Abstract
This study addressed the methodological quality of longitudinal research examining R. Karasek and T. Theorell's (1990) demand-control-(support) model and reviewed the results of the best of this research. Five criteria for evaluating methodological quality were used: type of design, length of time lags, quality of measures, method of analysis, and nonresponse analysis. These criteria were applied to 45 longitudinal studies, of which 19 (42%) obtained acceptable scores on all criteria. These high-quality studies provided only modest support for the hypothesis that especially the combination of high demands and low control results in high job strain. However, good evidence was found for lagged causal effects of work characteristics, especially for self-reported health or well-being outcomes.
Subject
Workplace
Veilig en Gezond Werken
Absenteeism
Adult
Alcohol abuse
Blood pressure
Cardiovascular disease
Cigarette smoking
Female
Health status
Human
Job performance
Job satisfaction
Longitudinal study
Major clinical study
Male
Mental disease
Model
Occupational health
Outcomes research
Priority journal
Psychosis
Rating scale
Research
Self report
Decision Making
Decision Support Techniques
Longitudinal Studies
Reproducibility of Results
Research Design
Stress, Psychological
Workplace
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-8998.8.4.282
TNO identifier
237311
ISSN
1076-8998
Source
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 8 (4), 282-305
Document type
article