Psychosocial work dimensions, personality, and body mass index: Sex differences

• Authors: Angel Blanch , Anton Aluja

Abstracts

EN

Objectives: The association between psychosocial work dimensions (i.e. demand and control) and obesity has been found to be inconclusive, indicating that individual differences factors might also contribute to explain the variability in BMI. Materials and Methods: The interaction between work dimensions and personality variables in a group of male and female workers (N = 506), and its associations with BMI were analyzed with a cross-sectional study with self-report data. Hierarhical regression analyses were used to predict the BMI levels from work and individual differences variables and their interactions for males and females. Results: The main effects of personality variables were not significant, physical workload interacted with neuroticism for males, whereas control interacted with activity for females. Conclusions: Psychosocial work dimensions and personality traits were related to BMI for men and women. These outcomes reinforce the notion that different models might account for the explanatory mechanisms of BMI in regard to sex.

Keywords

EN

BMI; work demand and control; personality

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 572-580

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Angel Blanch

• Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
• Institute of Biomedical Research (IRB Lleida), Lleida, Spain

author

Anton Aluja

• Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
• Institute of Biomedical Research (IRB Lleida), Lleida, Spain

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13382-013-0121-3

Biblioteka Nauki

2179131