Occupational stress management programmes: a practical overview of published effect studies
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There are many occupational stress management programmes available which are designed to prevent and cure the negative aspects of job-stress. The focus of the programmes can be directed towards the individual worker, the working group, the organization of the work or the organization as a whole. Moreover, programmes show a considerable variation with respect to the type of interventions they promote and their underlying assumptions, as well as their duration and costs. In this paper, effect studies of occupational stress programmes published between 1987 and 1994 are reviewed. The aim is to give a practical overview of the variety in occupational stress programmes, their scope, applicability and the evidence of their effectiveness. The paper updates the review by DeFrank and Cooper published in 1989.
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Internet-based stress management for distressed managers: results from a randomised controlled trial
Asplund, R. P., Dagöö, J., Fjellström, I., Niemi, L., Hansson, K., Zeraati, F., Ziuzina, M., Geraedts, A. S., Ljótsson, B., Carlbring, P., et al. (2017) · Occupational and Environmental Medicine · doi:10.1136/oemed-2017-104458 · Cited by 67 · see citing works
The effects of stress management interventions among police officers and recruits
Patterson, G. T., Chung, I. W., & Swan, P. G. (2012) · Campbell Systematic Reviews · doi:10.4073/csr.2012.7 · Cited by 65 · see citing works
“The authors concluded that stress management interventions are effective. van der Hek and Plomp (1997) updated a review of stress management interventions initially conducted by DeFrank and Cooper (1987).”
BackgroundNielsen, M. L., Kristensen, T. S., & Smith‐Hansen, L. (2002) · Work & Stress · doi:10.1080/02678370210164003 · Cited by 64 · see citing works
“…Karasek, 1992; Kompier, Geurts, GruÈ ndemann, Vink, & Smulders, 1998; Kompier & Kristensen, 2001; Murphey, 1984; Parkes & Sparkes, 1998; van der Hek & Plomp, 1997) and health promotion intervention studies (Heaney & Goetzel, 1997; Kasl & Serxner, 1992; Pellertier, 1993, 1996; Wilson, Holman,…”
Organizational role stress among medical school faculty members in Iran: dealing with role conflict
Ahmady, S., Changiz, T., Masiello, I., & Brommels, M. (2007) · BMC Medical Education · doi:10.1186/1472-6920-7-14
“The results of the study indicated that organizational role stress is highly correlated with job burnout among all ranks of faculty members, and sources of stress included excessively high selfexpectations, the pressure to secure financial support for research, insufficient time to keep up with developments in the fie…”
Workaholism and incivility: stress and psychological capital’s role
Lanzo, L. A., Aziz, S., & Wuensch, K. L. (2016) · International Journal of Workplace Health Management · doi:10.1108/ijwhm-08-2015-0051 · Cited by 56 · see citing works
Taris, T. W., Kompier, M. A. J., Geurts, S. A. E., Schreurs, P. J. G., Schaufeli, W. B., de Boer, E. M., Sepmeijer, K. J., & Watterz, C. (2003) · International Journal of Stress Management · doi:10.1037/1072-5245.10.4.297 · Cited by 59 · see citing works
“Since then, many reports on the effects of stress management interventions have appeared, including several reviews (among others, Giga et al., 2003; Murphy, 1988, 1996; Semmer, 2003; Van der Hek & Plomp, 1997; Van der Klink, Blonk, Schene, & Van Dijk, 2001).”
BackgroundStress management for mental health professionals: a review of effective techniques
Edwards, D. J., Hannigan, B., Fothergill, A., & Burnard, P. (2002) · Stress and Health · doi:10.1002/smi.947 · Cited by 56 · see citing works
Managing job stress in the Netherlands
Schaufeli, W. B., & Kompier, M. A. J. (2001) · International Journal of Stress Management · doi:10.1023/a:1009549312628 · Cited by 55 · see citing works
Jones, M. C., & Johnston, D. W. (2000) · Psychology and Health · doi:10.1080/08870440008405480 · Cited by 54 · see citing works
Workstyle and Upper-Extremity Symptoms: A Biobehavioral Perspective
Nicholas, R. A., Feuerstein, M. A., & Suchday, S. (2005) · Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine · doi:10.1097/01.jom.0000158705.50563.4c · Cited by 53 · see citing works
“Current interventions often focus exclusively on modifying biomechanical/postural factors(37) or sources of psychosocial stress.(38) A recent randomized control trial of the effects of a combined ergonomic–stress management intervention versus ergonomic intervention alone did not show superiority for the combined appr…”
BackgroundStress and work‐related upper extremity disorders: Implications for prevention and management
Pransky, G., Robertson, M. M., & Moon, S. D. (2002) · American Journal of Industrial Medicine · doi:10.1002/ajim.10040 · Cited by 50 · see citing works
Shikieri, A. B. E., & Musa, H. A. A. (2012) · Creative Education · doi:10.4236/ce.2012.31022 · Cited by 46 · see citing works
Umanodan, R., Kobayashi, Y., Nakamura, M., Kitaoka‐Higashiguchi, K., Kawakami, N., & Shimazu, A. (2009) · Journal of Occupational Health · doi:10.1539/joh.l8055 · Cited by 44 · see citing works
Yoshikawa, T., Kawakami, N., Kogi, K., Tsutsumi, A., Shimazu, M., Nagami, M., & Shimazu, A. (2007) · SANGYO EISEIGAKU ZASSHI · doi:10.1539/sangyoeisei.49.127 · Cited by 41 · see citing works
Identifying Work Organization Targets for a Work-Related Musculoskeletal Symptom Prevention Program
Huang, G. D., & Feuerstein, M. (2004) · Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation · doi:10.1023/b:joor.0000015008.25177.8b · Cited by 39 · see citing works
Jacobs, S., Johnson, S. J., & Hassell, K. (2017) · International Journal of Pharmacy Practice · doi:10.1111/ijpp.12360 · Cited by 37 · see citing works
“Eighteen reviews, published between 1997 and 2008, of the stress management and prevention literature were selected for secondary synthesis.(23,26-42) Twelve of these were peer-reviewed academic papers and six were from books and reports.”
BackgroundA self-referral preventive intervention for burnout among Norwegian nurses: One-year follow-up study
Rø, K. I., Gude, T., Tyssen, R., & Aasland, O. G. (2009) · Patient Education and Counseling · doi:10.1016/j.pec.2009.07.008 · Cited by 36 · see citing works
Dellve, L., Skagert, K., & Eklöf, M. (2008) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.030 · Cited by 36 · see citing works
“…understandable, considering the uncertainty that still surrounds the causes, prevention, and treatment of such common causes for sick-listing as stress-related complaints and musculoskeletal symptoms (Reynolds, 2000; Silverstein & Clark, 2004; van der Hek & Plomp, 1997; Westgaard & Winkel, 1997).”
BackgroundNetterstrøm, B., & Bech, P. (2010) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-658 · Cited by 36 · see citing works
“In addition, several published studies of the effect of intervention in persons with work-related stress were evaluated [3-9].”
BackgroundWork‐related dimensions and job stress: the moderating effect of coping strategies
Wickramasinghe, V. (2010) · Stress and Health · doi:10.1002/smi.1314 · Cited by 38 · see citing works
The complexities of caring for child protection workers: the contexts of practice and supervision
Goddard, C., & Hunt, S. (2011) · Journal of Social Work Practice · doi:10.1080/02650533.2011.626644 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
“These include absenteeism, high turnover and loss of ‘productivity’ (see, for example, Van der Hek & Plomp, 1997).”
BackgroundBrun, J. P., Biron, C., & Ivers, H. (2004) · Archives des maladies professionnelles et de médecine du travail/Archives des maladies professionnelles et de l'environnement · doi:10.1016/s1775-8785(04)93127-x · Cited by 33 · see citing works
Évaluation du stress chez le personnel de santé au Maroc : à propos d’une étude multicentrique
Laraqui, O., Laraqui, S., Tripodi, D., Caubet, A., Verger, C., & Laraqui, C. H. (2008) · Archives des maladies professionnelles et de médecine du travail/Archives des maladies professionnelles et de l'environnement · doi:10.1016/j.admp.2008.06.014 · Cited by 32 · see citing works
Applicability of survey feedback for an occupational health method in stress management
Elo, A.-L., Leppänen, A., & Sillanpää, P. (1998) · Occupational Medicine · doi:10.1093/occmed/48.3.181 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
Effect of a participative work conference on psychosocial work environment and well-being
Mattila, P., Elo, A.-L., Kuosma, E., & Kylä-Setälä, E. (2006) · European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology · doi:10.1080/13594320600901729 · Cited by 30 · see citing works
“Individually orientated interventions in well-being at workplaces have been more systematically evaluated, and the results have been encouraging (Cooper & Cartwright, 1994; Cox, Griffits, & Rial-Gonzalez, 2000; Murphy, 1996; van der Hek & Plomp, 1997).”
BackgroundResultIntervenções em assédio moral no trabalho: uma revisão da literatura
Glina, D. M. R., & Soboll, L. A. P. (2012) · Revista Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional · doi:10.1590/s0303-76572012000200008 · Cited by 29 · see citing works
de Jesús, S. N., Miguel-Tobal, J. J., Rus, C. L., Viseu, J. N. R., & Gamboa, V. M. (2014) · Clínica y Salud · doi:10.1016/j.clysa.2014.06.004 · Cited by 28 · see citing works
Shier, M. L., & Graham, J. R. (2013) · Journal of Social Work · doi:10.1177/1468017313503449 · Cited by 28 · see citing works
“The burden of accountability for quality and performance has resulted in the growth of organizational defensiveness and a new area of stress for individual social workers (Graham et al., 2007; Halbesleben & Buckley, 2004; Shapiro, Shapiro, & Schwartz, 2000; Van der Hek & Plomp, 1997).”
Backgroundvon Humboldt, S., Leal, I. M. P., Laneiro, T., & Tavares, P. (2013) · Stress and Health · doi:10.1002/smi.2487 · Cited by 27 · see citing works
“These results indicated the relevance of stress management for the respondents and supported existing literature (Dilworth & Kingsbury, 2005; Grzywacz, Almeida, & McDonald, 2002; Ivancevich et al., 1990; Keita & Sauter, 1992; Kets De Vries, 2004; Siegrist, 1990; van der Hek & Plomp, 1997).”
ResultLeadership, organization and health at work: a case study of a Swedish industrial company
Eriksson, A., Jansson, B., Haglund, B. J. A., & Axelsson, R. (2008) · Health Promotion International · doi:10.1093/heapro/dan015 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
“Studies have shown that the organization of work affects the health of the employees (Van der Hek and Plomp, 1997; Chu et al., 2000).”
BackgroundOrganisational level interventions for reducing occupational stress in healthcare workers
Giga, S. I., Fletcher, I. J., Sgourakis, G., Mulvaney, C. A., & Vrkljan, B. H. (2018) · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/14651858.cd013014 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
STRESS AND BURNOUT IN HEALTHCARE WORKERS
Peterson, U. (2008) · Figshare · Cited by 25 · see citing works
Brisson, C., Cantin, V., Larocque, B., Vézina, M., Vinet, A., Trudel, L., & Bourbonnais, R. (2006) · Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health · doi:10.7870/cjcmh-2006-0024 · Cited by 24 · see citing works
Do positive emotions help us cope with occupational stress?
Galanakis, M., Galanopoulou, F., & Stalikas, A. (2011) · Europe’s Journal of Psychology · doi:10.5964/ejop.v7i2.127 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
Trudel, L., Vonarx, N., Simard, C., Freeman, A. R., Vézina, M., Brisson, C., Vinet, A., Bourbonnais, R., & Dugas, N. (2009) · Work · doi:10.3233/wor-2009-0933 · Cited by 22 · see citing works
“Four reviews of the literature on intervention studies [27,39, 40,76] have revealed positive effects of these types of initiatives.”
Stress ocupacional em bombeiros: efeitos de intervenção baseada em avaliação de necessidades
Murta, S. G., & Tróccoli, B. (2007) · Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas) · doi:10.1590/s0103-166x2007000100005 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
Bourbonnais, R., Gauthier, N., Vézina, M., Viens, C., Durand, P. J., Brisson, C., Alderson, M., Bégin, P., & Ouellet, J.-P. (2005) · Perspectives interdisciplinaires sur le travail et la santé · doi:10.4000/pistes.3207 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
“Les comportements agressifs des résidents ont été mesurés au moyen de 4 items provenant de l’échelle de comportements perturbateurs des personnes démentes élaborée par Baumgarten, Becker et Gauthier (1990). La violence physique et l’intimidation au travail réfèrent à la fréquence avec laquelle les individus subissent…”
van Oorsouw, W. M. W. J., Embregts, P. J. C. M., Bosman, A. M. T., & Jahoda, A. J. (2013) · Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities · doi:10.1111/jar.12066 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
Tahara, H., Yamada, T., Nagafuchi, K., Shirakawa, C., Suzuki, K., Mafune, K., Kubota, S., Hiro, H., Mishima, N., & Nagata, S. (2009) · Journal of Occupational Health · doi:10.1539/joh.l8081 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
“Development of the feedback form We considered the following three points in planning the method of summation and feedback of the checklist: (1) managers and employees who receive the result can easily imagine the situation in their own worksite; (2)”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialOutcome expectancy as a process indicator in comprehensive worksite stress management interventions.
Fridrich, A., Jenny, G. J., & Bauer, G. F. (2015) · International Journal of Stress Management · doi:10.1037/a0039202 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
Mediators and Moderators of Organizational Interventions to Prevent Occupational Stress
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Psychosocial Conditions and Access to an Occupational Health Service among Farmers
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Katsarou, A. L., Vryonis, M. M., Protogerou, A. D., Alexopoulos, E. C., Achimastos, A. D., Papadogiannis, D. E., Chrousos, G. P., & Darviri, C. (2013) · Primary Health Care Research & Development · doi:10.1017/s1463423612000679 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
Kennedy, J. J., & Pretorius, M. (2008) · Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health · doi:10.1080/15555240802243096 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
“Worksite stress management programs have proven to be effective in reducing health problems such as hypertension and depression, decreasing absenteeism and accidents, and increasing job performance and job satisfaction (cf. Shapiro et al., 2005; Van der Hek & Plomp, 1997).”
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Efforts of health promotion teams to improve the psychosocial work environment.
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Stress et stratégies d'ajustement. Analyse en situation de fusion-acquisition
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“Notre travail rejoint à ce point les analyses l’entreprise de maîtriser la situation ou la période organisationnelle cible. antérieures sur les effets de programmes de gestion de stress mis en place en entreprise (van der Hek & Plomp, 1997; DeFrank & Cooper, 1987).”
Rouat, S., Troyano, V., Cuvillier, B., Chaumon, M.-É. B., & Sarnin, P. (2017) · Perspectives interdisciplinaires sur le travail et la santé · doi:10.4000/pistes.5157 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
Effectiveness of Organizational Interventions for the Prevention of Workplace Stress
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Corporate Responsibility for Systemic Occupational Stress Prevention
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Stressmanagement und Führungskräfte
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Teaching a Comprehensive Course on Stress and Work
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“This importance of this point has been emphasized a number of times in the stress literature (e.g., DeFrank & Cooper, 1987; Giga, Cooper, & Faragher, 2003; van der Hek & Plomp, 1997).”
Background
- Authors
- van der Hek, H., & Plomp, H. N.
- Affiliations
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- Venue
- Occupational Medicine
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1997
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 133-141
- ISSN
- 0962-7480 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-8405
- OpenAlex
- W2134112013
- Cited by
- 169
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 1.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Occupational Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces
- Keywords
- occupational stress, stress management interventions, stress prevention, workplace interventions, organizational interventions, group intervention, intervention costs
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Biofeedback, Psychology, Humans, Occupational Diseases, Occupational Health Services, Relaxation Therapy, Stress, Psychological, Program Evaluation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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