Work Characteristics and Personal Social Support as Determinants of Subjective Well-Being

Stephen A Stansfeld, Martin J Shipley, Jenny Head, Rebecca Fuhrer and Mika Kivimaki

PLOS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, issue 11, 1-8

Abstract: Background: Well-being is an important health outcome and a potential national indicator of policy success. There is a need for longitudinal epidemiological surveys to understand determinants of well-being. This study examines the role of personal social support and psychosocial work environment as predictors of well-being in an occupational cohort study. Methods: Social support and work characteristics were measured by questionnaire in 5182 United Kingdom civil servants from phase 1 of the Whitehall II study and were used to predict subjective well-being assessed using the Affect Balance Scale (range -15 to 15, SD = 4.2) at phase 2. External assessments of job control and demands were provided by personnel managers. Results: Higher levels of well-being were predicted by high levels of confiding/emotional support (difference in mean from the reference group with low levels of confiding/emotional support = 0.63, 95%CI 0.38–0.89, ptrend

Date: 2013
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