The Stressed Executive: Sources and Predictors of Stress Among Participants in an Executive Health Program:

Global Advances in Health and Medicine

RavindraGanesh¹ 

关键词: executive health;    stress;    stress management;    occupational health;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2164956118806150

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundStress is highly prevalent in the U.S. society, especially in executives, and is a well-documented risk factor for a wide range of medical disorders. Knowledge of common sources of stress and predictive factors may help identify executives at risk of high stress and allow us to appropriately refer them for stress management treatment.ObjectiveThe primary aim of this study was to identify common sources of stress, predictors of high stress, and other correlates among executives.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional survey of executives who requested a stress management consult at our institution. We abstracted the data from a 14-item intake survey as well as from the patient interview.ResultsOf the 839 executives, 827 executives (98.6%) who were referred for individual stress management consults completed the stress-related questions of the survey; 51.3% of these executives reported having a high stress level. Study participants mostly struggled with the well-being measures of sleep, anxiety, energy ...

【 授权许可】

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