Psychosocial factors and gender as predictors of symptoms associated with sick building syndrome
Psychosocial factors and gender as predictors of symptoms associated with sick building syndrome
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DOI：
10.1002/smi.1175
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发表时间：
2008-04-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Griffin, Miriam
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作者：
Kinman, Gail;Griffin, Miriam
病态建筑综合征（SBS）是指一系列症状，通常在员工工作时恶化，并在他们离开时减轻。在女性雇员中经常观察到较高的症状流行率。虽然其病因是有争议的，有证据表明，心理社会因素可能是至少一样重要的工作环境中预测SBS症状的功能。利用346办公室为基础的员工（SS %的女性）位于5栋建筑物，没有已知的环境问题的样本，本研究探讨了工作控制，工作满意度，工作相关的情绪和消极情感的预测自我报告的症状典型的SBS。此外，还调查了性别因素在报告性别歧视方面所起的作用。结果显示，经历更多症状的员工报告的工作控制和工作满意度显着降低，与工作相关的抑郁和焦虑增加。报告错误与消极情感之间也存在正相关。与以前的研究相比，没有观察到性别差异的患病率自我报告的症状，但男性和女性不同的症状的预测因子和解释的方差的比例。研究结果表明，人口和社会心理因素，以及客观的物理环境的特点，应考虑在未来的调查SBS。版权所有（c）2008约翰威利父子有限公司。
Sick building syndrome (SBS) refers to a cluster of symptoms that typically worsen when employees are at work and diminish when they leave. A higher prevalence of symptoms is frequently observed among female employees. Although its aetiology is debated, evidence suggests that psychosocial factors might be at least as important as features of the working environment in predicting SBS symptoms. Utilizing a sample of 346 office-based employees (SS per cent female) located in five buildings with no known environmental problems, this study examined job control, job satisfaction, work-related mood and negative affectivity as predictors of self-reported symptoms typical of SBS. The role played by gender in symptom-reporting was also investigated. Findings revealed that employees who experienced more symptoms reported significantly less job control and job satisfaction and more work-related depression and anxiety. A positive relationship was also observed between symptom-reporting and negative affectivity. In contrast to previous research, no gender differences were observed in the prevalence of self-reported symptoms, but men and women differed in the predictors of symptoms and the proportion of variance explained. The findings suggest that demographic and psychosocial factors, as well as features of the objective physical environment, should be considered in future investigations of SBS. Copyright (c) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.