%0 Journal Article
%T Using the job burden-capital model of occupational stress to predict depression and well-being among electronic manufacturing service employees in China
%J International journal of environmental research and public health
%D 2016
%A Wang, Chao
%A Li, Shuang
%A Li, Tao
%A Yu, Shanfa
%A Dai, Junming
%A Liu, Xiaoman
%A Zhu, Xiaojun
%A Ji, Yuqing
%A Wang, Jin
%V 13
%N 8
%P e13080819-e13080819
%X BACKGROUND: This study aimed to identify the association between occupational stress and depression-well-being by proposing a comprehensive and flexible job burden-capital model with its corresponding hypotheses.
METHODS: For this research, 1618 valid samples were gathered from the electronic manufacturing service industry in Hunan Province, China; self-rated questionnaires were administered to participants for data collection after obtaining their written consent. The proposed model was fitted and tested through structural equation model analysis.
RESULTS: Single-factor correlation analysis results indicated that coefficients between all items and dimensions had statistical significance. The final model demonstrated satisfactory global goodness of fit (CMIN/DF = 5.37, AGFI = 0.915, NNFI = 0.945, IFI = 0.952, RMSEA = 0.052). Both the measurement and structural models showed acceptable path loadings. Job burden and capital were directly associated with depression and well-being or indirectly related to them through personality. Multi-group structural equation model analyses indicated general applicability of the proposed model to basic features of such a population. Gender, marriage and education led to differences in the relation between occupational stress and health outcomes.
CONCLUSIONS: The job burden-capital model of occupational stress-depression and well-being was found to be more systematic and comprehensive than previous models.
Language: en
%G en %I MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute %@ 1661-7827 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13080819