Research Challenges in Occupational Health Psychology: Work Stress
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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rfnsp.v33n2a12Keywords:
occupational health psychology, work stress, stressors, intervention strategiesAbstract
This paper aims to present the challenges of research in occupational health psychology, particularly work stress, which is one of the issues of greatest development in this discipline. This paper describes the key conceptual elements of work stress. Furthermore, the difficulties of research in this field are identified and methodological suggestions are presented for enriching research on this issue. Intervention programs in this area are analyzed comparing approaches, designs and effective results. Finally, guidelines are proposed to improve research in this field.
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