TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of stress on the work ability of aging American workers
T2 - Mediating effects of health
AU - Yang, Tianan
AU - Liu, Taoming
AU - Lei, Run
AU - Deng, Jianwei
AU - Xu, Guoquan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - We examined how stress affects the work ability of an aging workforce, how health mediates this relationship, and how the effects of stress on work ability differ in relation to social status. We analyzed data from the Health and Retirement Survey, namely, 2921 observations in 2010, 2289 observations in 2012, and 2276 observations in 2014. Ongoing chronic stress, social status, health status, and associations with individual work ability were assessed with ordinary least squares regression. Stress was significantly inversely associated with work ability. Health may function as a mediator between individual stress and work ability. The effects of stress and health on work ability decreased as social status increased. To cope with the challenges of aging workforces, future policy-makers should consider job resources and social status.
AB - We examined how stress affects the work ability of an aging workforce, how health mediates this relationship, and how the effects of stress on work ability differ in relation to social status. We analyzed data from the Health and Retirement Survey, namely, 2921 observations in 2010, 2289 observations in 2012, and 2276 observations in 2014. Ongoing chronic stress, social status, health status, and associations with individual work ability were assessed with ordinary least squares regression. Stress was significantly inversely associated with work ability. Health may function as a mediator between individual stress and work ability. The effects of stress and health on work ability decreased as social status increased. To cope with the challenges of aging workforces, future policy-makers should consider job resources and social status.
KW - Aging workforces
KW - Health
KW - Social status
KW - Stress
KW - Work ability
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph16132273
DO - 10.3390/ijerph16132273
M3 - Article
C2 - 31252597
AN - SCOPUS:85068988560
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 16
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 13
M1 - 2273
ER -
