TY  - JOUR
A1  - Herrera, Ronald
A1  - Berger, Ursula
A1  - Genuneit, Jon
A1  - Gerlich, Jessica
A1  - Nowak, Dennis
A1  - Schlotz, Wolff
A1  - Vogelberg, Christian
A1  - Mutius, Erika von
A1  - Weinmayr, Gudrun
A1  - Windstetter, Doris
A1  - Weigl, Matthias
A1  - Radon, Katja
T1  - Chronic stress in young German adults : who is affected? a prospective cohort study
T2  - International journal of environmental research and public health
N2  - We aimed to prospectively assess changes in chronic stress among young adults transitioning from high school to university or working life. A population-based cohort in Munich and Dresden (Germany) was followed from age 16–18 (2002–2003) to age 20–23 (2007–2009) (n = 1688). Using the Trier Inventory for the Assessment of Chronic Stress, two dimensions of stress at university or work were assessed: work overload and work discontent. In the multiple ordinal generalized estimating equations, socio-demographics, stress outside the workplace, and job history were additionally considered. At follow-up, 52% of the population were university students. Work overload increased statistically significantly from first to second follow-up, while work discontent remained constant at the population level. Students, compared to employees, reported a larger increase in work overload (adjusted odds ratio (OR): 1.33; 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.07, 1.67), while work discontent did not differ between the groups. In conclusion, work overload increases when young adults transition from school to university/job life, with university students experiencing the largest increase.
KW  - work stress
KW  - longitudinal study
KW  - psychological effects
KW  - generalized estimation equations
Y1  - 2017
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/45940
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-459405
SN  - 1660-4601
SN  - 1661-7827
N1  - This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0).
VL  - 14
IS  - 11, Art. 1325
SP  - 1
EP  - 13
PB  - MDPI AG
CY  - Basel
ER  -