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NCJ Number: 182183 Add to Shopping cart Find in a Library
Title: Psychosocial Dimensions of Work and the Risk of Drug Dependence Among Adults
Journal: American Journal of Epidemiology  Volume:142  Issue:2  Dated:1995  Pages:183-190
Author(s): Carles Muntaner; James C. Anthony; Rosa M. Crum; William W. Eaton
Date Published: 1995
Annotation: This article studies whether different psychosocial work environments might signal increased risk of drug dependence syndromes.
Abstract: The article studied the relation between the psychosocial work environment and the risk of drug dependence syndromes as the result of nonmedical use of cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines and other drugs subject to international regulations. As distinct from occupational studies of ecologic correlations, the article includes an assessment of individuals and their jobs in terms of a Demand/Control model found useful in prior work on cardiovascular disease, distress, smoking and other health outcomes. When the data were adjusted for baseline sociodemographic risk factors, history of alcoholism and selected work conditions, increased risk of drug abuse/dependence was observed in subjects characterized by high levels of physical demands and low levels of skill discretion and in subjects characterized by high levels of physical demands and decision authority. Findings underscore the importance of previously observed associations between psychosocial work environments and mental health and extend the range of findings to the drug dependence syndromes. Notes, tables, references
Main Term(s): Controlled Substances
Index Term(s): Amphetamines; Cocaine; Drug abuse causes; Drug dependence; Job pressure; Marijuana; Mental health; Occupational safety and health; Stress assessment
Sponsoring Agency: Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 20206-6709
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, MD 20852
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Bethesda, MD 20892-9561
Page Count: 8
Format: Article
Type: Issue Overview
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Note: DCC
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