Conference Abstracts
Friday, March 12, 1999
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

1. The Effects of Shiftwork on Health in the Older Worker - Carlla Smith, PhD, Department of Psychology, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, OH

2. Women, Bathrooms, and Work - Ingrid Nygaard, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, IA

3. Gastrointestinal Problems in Auto Factory Shift Workers - Claire C. Caruso, MSN, RN, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

4. Role of Shift Change Parameters on Health and Cognitive Functions in Automotive Workers - Susan Proctor, DSc, Boston Environmental Hazards Center, Boston, MA

5. Development of Strains in Shiftworkers: Effects of Locus of Control - Jody R. Hoffman, MA, Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

1. Effect of Downsizing on Health of Employees: What Are the Moderators? - Jussi Vahtera, MD, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Turku, Finland

2. Mediators of the Relationship Between Downsizing and Health - Mika Kivimaki, PhD, Department of Psychology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Vantaa, Finland

3. The Relationship of Layoff Threat and Mastery to Work Performance - Sarah Y. Moore, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

4. Work Role Importance: Moderating the Job Insecurity-Outcome Relationship - Monica A. Hemingway, PhD, The Chauncey Group International, Princeton, NJ

5. Mental Health Before, During, and After a Close-Down - Lennart Hallsten, PhD, National Institute for Working Life, Solna, Sweden

1. Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: Julian Barling, PhD, School of Business, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada

2. OSHA's Workplace Violence Prevention Guidelines - Patricia D. Biles, MA, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety, and Health Administration (OSHA), Washington, DC

3. Outcomes of Workplace Aggression and Violence for Executives in the Canadian Federal Public Service - C. Gail Hepburn, PhD, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

4. Behind Closed Doors: Organizational and Personal Consequences of Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence for In-Home Workers - E. Kevin Kelloway, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

5. Aggression in the Workplace: Compensation and Prevention in Canada - Katherine Lippel, LLM, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

6. What Is So Distressing About Name Calling and Teasing? The Role of Work Performance Anxiety - Sharon Parker, PhD, Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

1. Interleukin 6 and Cortisol in Acute Musculoskeletal Disorders - Results From a Case-Referent Study in Sweden - Tores Theorell, MD, PhD, National Institite for Psychosocial Factors and Health, Stockholm, Sweden

2. Job Stress, Psychophysiological Mechanisms, and Musculoskeletal Disorders: Preliminary Results - Lawrence Schleifer, EdD, CPE, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

3. Repetitive Work Stress, Muscle Tension, and Musculoskeletal Disorders - Ulf Lundberg, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

4. Predicting Improvement in Hand Symptoms and Function From Job Characteristics - Julia Faucett, RN, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, CA

1. Job Stress and Health in Japan: Baseline Findings from Japan Work Stress and Health Cohort Study Group - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: Norito Kawakami, MD, Department of Public Health, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

2. Study Design, Job Stress Patterns, and Implications for Policy Development - Norito Kawakami, MD, Department of Public Health, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

3. Experience With Two Major Job Stress Questionnaires: JCQ and NIOSH Job Stress Questionnaire - Takashi Haratani, PhD, National Institute of Industrial Health, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Japan

4. Job Stress, Depressive Symptom, and Sick Absence in Japan - Fumio Kobayashi, MD, Department of Health and Psychosocial Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nogakute-cho, Aichi, Japan

5. Job Stress and Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Japan - Takeshi Hayashi, MD, Hitachi Health Care Center, Hitachi, Ibakraki, Japan

6. The Association Between Psychosocial Job Conditions and Chronic Atrophic Gastritis - Shogo Miyazaki, MD, Center for Occupational Health at Keihin, NKK Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan

1. Preventing Stress, Improving Work, Health and Productivity: Eleven European Case Studies - Overall Symposium Abstract - Michiel A.J. Kompier, PhD, Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands

2. A Strategy for Organizational Stress Interventions - Cary L. Cooper, PhD, Manchester School of Management, UMIST, Manchester, UK

3. Psychosocial Environment at Work - The Swedish Arena: Mail Processing - Tores Theorell, MD, PhD, Department of Public Health, Karolinska Institute/National Institute for Psychosocial Factors and Health, Stockholm, Sweden

4. Finland: Organizational Well-Being, 10 Years of Research, and Development in a Forest Industry Corporation - Raija Kalimo, PhD, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

5. United Kingdom: Evaluation of a Stress Management Program in the Public Sector - Susan Cartwright, PhD, Manchester School of Management, UMIST, Manchester, UK

6. Stress Prevention: European Countries and European Cases Compared - Michiel A.J. Kompier, PhD, Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands

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