Occupational health psychology

1 Introduction One of the basic problems facing our society is that people become hard to make work and life balance in their life, sometimes it will cause some mental problem or other results like drug or violent under such a high stress in work time. The reasons of why they cannot make their work- life balance under control may be some self problem or working volume like care about family, long working hour or high strength work. And working in some industry is more stressful, the employees…

Occupational stress is a growing problem that results in substantial cost to individual employees and work organizations around the world (Hart & Cooper, 2001). Stress and occupational burnout can have harmful consequences. For the working individual stress and burnout can ultimately lead to illness, mood changes, alcohol use, and sleep disturbances in the short-term and perhaps even to cardiovascular disease as well as psychological disorders in the long term. According to Maslach (1993), the…

Everybody experiences difficult times throughout their entire lives. Whether they appear as physically demanding tasks, challenging mental decisions, or saddening emotional tragedies, these events challenge our persistency and adaptability. Different people handle these situations differently; some might become stuck from moving on, while others will quickly take actions to move on. In "Welcome to Hiroshima" by Mary Jo Salter, the speaker realizes how a community of misfortunate people moved on…

Stress For the purpose of this essay I will define and explain what stress is, how it occurs, the signs and symptoms of stress, ways that it can be alleviated in the workplace and also how stress can influence your tolerance levels. Stress is an individual response to a perceived inability to cope. It is different for everyone. Some stress is good for you as it gets the adrenaline going and also helps to get people motivated. Stress is a physical response to events that might contradict our…

frustration. Only a few people are able to avoid the pressure of everyday life that can make people frustrated and pessimistic sometimes. However, despite the difficulties and face the pressures of life, think in optimistic beneficial especially for health. What are its benefits? As well as how to cultivate an attitude of optimism? Optimism What is the optimism or be optimistic? Optimism is an attitude always have good wishes in all matters…

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worker has had before. Typically stress comes from the boss pushing the workers or a big deadline. Every worker handles stress differently and most can deal with it without having too many issues. Having stress can have a long term effect on the worker health. Stress becomes a bigger issue when the worker can’t remove some of it and the stress starts to pile up. Some effects of having stress at work are being violent toward other, becoming an alcoholic, and becoming mentally unstable. The most…

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Let’s start with what a OSHA 300 Log is The OSHA 300 log is a form used by employers to summarize employee injuries and illnesses. This log must be posted in a visible place where all operations are conducted and must be easily visible. This form has three main sections: • Identification • Description • Classification The first part contains: • Name • Case number • Job title The second column provides: • A description of where the incident happened • Date of injury/Illness • Injury…