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Before embarking on a study of some of the work situations which cause stress for many people, it is worth reminding ourselves of the fact that not every individual will be affected to the same degree by a potentially stressful event or situation. A number of other factors must be taken into consideration such as the ability to cope with and control stress situations, the individual’s personality, etc. The Dohrenwends (1974), have stated that ‘one individual may become ill and another remain healthy after both experience the same life event’. In the past many studies have reported consistent associations between a variety of distress measures and social statuses. Probably the most thoroughly researched of these statuses is social class (Dohrenwend, 1973; Myers et al.,1974), though several others have been studied including sex (Dohrenwend and Dohrenwend, 1976, 1977; Gove, 1972, Gove and Tudor, 1973, 1977), marital status (Pearlin and Johnson, 1977) and rural/urban environments (Kasl and Harburg, 1975).
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Dobson, C.B. (1982). Occupational Stress. In: Stress. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9798-7_10
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