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Karasek’s Demand/Control model, emotions and Health
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March 2010

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Zei Pollermann

Abstract 1782 Karasek's demand / control model, emotions and health Branka ZEI-POLLERMANN, PHD, Vox Institute-Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Pierre Jacot, MA, Centre d'education permanente, Mont-sur-Lausanne,, Switzerland Purpose: to measure the relation between Karasek's demand/control model, the frequency of emotional experiences at work, self-reported psychological well-being and health. Subjects: 1204 civil servants of the Swiss canton Vaud (48.9 % women). Method: The subjects answered Karasek's demand/control questionnaire, 12 questions regarding the frequency of emotional experiences at work (6 positively valeneced and 6 negatively valenced emotions). Respondents rated the frequency of each emotion on a 4-point scale. Internal consistency measured by Cronbach's alpha was 0.82 for positive states and was 0.76 for negative states. A new variable was created by subtracting the sum-score of negatively valenced emotional states from the sum-score of positively valenced emotional states. The resulting distribution ranged from -18 to 18. This variable, called "emotional balance", was normally distributed (Skew = -.217, Kurt. = -.122, Mean = 1.02, SD = 5.05). Participants estimated their psychological well-being at work and their general health on a 5-point scale. Results: Gender, and education level were not related to psychological well-being and physical health. Age had no effect on the psychological well-being but a small negative correlation was found between this variable and health (Spearman's rho = -0.075, p <0.01). Every emotion was significantly correlated with both psychological well-being and physical health. The psychological well-being showed the strongest link with the "emotional balance" (F = 179.3, p < 0.01). Physical health was also significantly correlated with "emotional-balance" (F= 53.97, p < 0.01). The emotional balance indicator was negatively correlated with the psychological demands variable (r = -.18, p < 0.01) and it was positively correlated with the decision latitude (r = .377, p<0.01). Anovas between the decision latitude score, psychological well-being and physical health were significant (F = 21.13 and F = 21.47, both p < 0.01 repectively). The Anovas between psychological demands and the same variables were also significant (F = 11.60 and F = 11.39, both p < 0.01). The emotional balance explained .366 of the psychological well-being variance (adjusted R-square, r = .605).

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... With today's technology, using Emotion Sensors, we can sense the emotion of the student from the statistical prosodic feature of speech by an emotion detection software. Such an emotion detection software was developed at Vox Institute, Geneva by (Zei, 2010) using PRAAT (Dutch for 'talk') software technology. We can also collect data about skin conductivity and heart beat. ...

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Towards the Development of A Virtual Counselor to Tackle Students' Exam Stress
Karasek’s Demand/Control model, emotions and Health
  • Citing Conference Paper
  • March 2010