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Stress och alkoholbruk : En studie om manliga och kvinnliga chefer på en socialförvaltning i Skåne

Herneryd, Lisa and Persberg, Malin (2005)
School of Social Work
Abstract
Occupational stress and the use of alcohol to reduce stress are both separately common in our society. A few researchers have combined the two factors.

The aim of this essay was to obtain an increased understanding of how male and female managers estimate their alcohol habits in relation to their occupational stress.

We have interviewed nine managers who work at a social services department in Scania. Our main theories were the theory of psychosocial work environment of Lazarus, Karaseks demand/control model, epidemiology- and cultural perspective.

Our results were;

· Psychosocial work environment contributes to if the interviewed people experienced stress at work.

· The grade of control has great influence if the interviewed people... (More)
Occupational stress and the use of alcohol to reduce stress are both separately common in our society. A few researchers have combined the two factors.

The aim of this essay was to obtain an increased understanding of how male and female managers estimate their alcohol habits in relation to their occupational stress.

We have interviewed nine managers who work at a social services department in Scania. Our main theories were the theory of psychosocial work environment of Lazarus, Karaseks demand/control model, epidemiology- and cultural perspective.

Our results were;

· Psychosocial work environment contributes to if the interviewed people experienced stress at work.

· The grade of control has great influence if the interviewed people experience stress.

· There weren't any correlation between stress and increased consumption of alcohol. (Less)
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author
Herneryd, Lisa and Persberg, Malin
supervisor
organization
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
alkohol och arbetsliv, alkoholvanor, stress, arbetsmiljö, Social problems and welfare, national insurance, Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring
language
Swedish
id
1330958
date added to LUP
2005-02-07 00:00:00
date last changed
2005-02-07 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{Occupational stress and the use of alcohol to reduce stress are both separately common in our society. A few researchers have combined the two factors.

The aim of this essay was to obtain an increased understanding of how male and female managers estimate their alcohol habits in relation to their occupational stress.

We have interviewed nine managers who work at a social services department in Scania. Our main theories were the theory of psychosocial work environment of Lazarus, Karaseks demand/control model, epidemiology- and cultural perspective.

Our results were;

· Psychosocial work environment contributes to if the interviewed people experienced stress at work.

· The grade of control has great influence if the interviewed people experience stress.

· There weren't any correlation between stress and increased consumption of alcohol.}},
  author       = {{Herneryd, Lisa and Persberg, Malin}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Stress och alkoholbruk : En studie om manliga och kvinnliga chefer på en socialförvaltning i Skåne}},
  year         = {{2005}},
}