Conference Abstracts
Saturday, March 13, 1999
12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

"Interventions to Reduce Job Stressors"

  1. An Intervention for Reducing Stressors in Pediatric Care Settings - Stacey Kohler Moran, PhD, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Ocean Springs, MS

  2. Controlled Worksite Health Promotion with Blue-Collar Minority Workers - John G. Carlson, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

  3. Stress Reduction in Law Enforcement Agencies - Edward T. Ferguson, PhD, Collier County Sheriff's Office, Naples, FL

  4. Outcomes of Leadership Intervention for Metropolitan Fire Department - Randal D. Beaton, PhD, Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

"International Occupational Stress Research Studies"

  1. International Occupational Stress Research Studies - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chairs: Carlla Smith, PhD, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH; and Soo-Yee Lim, PhD, Allstate Research and Planning Center, Menlo Park, CA

  2. A Theoretical Framework for Examining Organizational Stress Cross-Culturally - Carlla Smith, PhD, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

  3. Job Stress in Japan: Empirical Evidence From a Large-Scale Study - Norito Kawakami, MD, Department of Public Health, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

  4. Effects of TQM on Psychosocial Work Factors and Stress: A Cross-National Comparison - Christian Korunka, PhD, Institute of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria

"Occupational Stressors & Stress Symptomatology of Emergency Workers"

  1. Occupational Stressors & Stress Symptomatology of Emergency Workers - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: Wayne Corneil, ScD, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  2. Emergency Dispatchers: An Underresearched and Underserved High Strain Occupation - Randal D. Beaton, PhD, Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  3. Occupational Epidemiology of Stress-Related Disorders in Fire Fighters - Wayne Corneil, ScD, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  4. Leadership Characteristics in Escape from Three Underground Mine Fires - Kathleen M. Kowalski, PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, PA

"Beyond Drug-testing: Recent Innovations in Workplace Substance Use Prevention"

  1. Beyond Drug-testing: Recent Innovations in Workplace Substance Use Prevention - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: Joel B. Bennett, PhD, Institute of Behavioral Research, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

  2. Research on Employees, Work, and Substance Use - Joel B. Bennett, PhD, Institute of Behavioral Research, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

  3. Psychosocial Hazards, Substance Abuse, and Injuries in the Workplace: Evidence, Action, and Lessons Learned - Martin Shain, SJD, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Program Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  4. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Workplace: The Role of Stress Management - Royer F. Cook, PhD, ISA Associates, Inc., Alexandria, VA

  5. A Team-Based Approach to Substance Abuse Prevention Training in the Workplace - Wayne E.K. Lehman, PhD, Institute of Behavioral Research, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

"Large Scale Epidemiological Studies of Job Stress-Related Morbidity"