Sense of Coherence and Personality Traits Related to Depressive State

Table 2

Spearman’s correlation between depression, personality, sense of coherence, and job stress.

	Depression	value		SOC	value
Age	−0.18	0.00		0.27	0.00
Hours of work	−0.03	0.55	n.s	0.10	0.08	n.s
Shift work	0.09	0.08	n.s	−0.16	0.00
Job rank	0.05	0.36	n.s	−0.14	0.01
Overtime per week	0.34	0.00		−0.33	0.00
Job stressors
Quantitative job overload	0.34	0.00		−0.34	0.00
Qualitative job overload	0.26	0.00		−0.28	0.00
Physical demands	0.23	0.00		−0.25	0.00
Job control	−0.29	0.00		0.36	0.00
Skill utilization	−0.07	0.19	n.s	0.11	0.04
Interpersonal conflict	0.22	0.00		−0.28	0.00
Poor physical environment	0.12	0.03		−0.12	0.03
Suitable jobs	−0.33	0.00		0.40	0.00
Intrinsic rewards	−0.33	0.00		0.33	0.00
Buffering factors
Supervisor support	−0.27	0.00		0.35	0.00
Coworker support	−0.23	0.00		0.27	0.00
Family and friends support	−0.13	0.01		0.16	0.00
Job satisfaction and life satisfaction	−0.44	0.00		0.47	0.00
Sense of coherence	−0.67	0.00
Personality
Extraversion	−0.19	0.00		0.17	0.00
Agreeableness	−0.19	0.00		0.30	0.00
Conscientiousness	−0.17	0.00		0.27	0.00
Neuroticism	0.45	0.00		−0.49	0.00
Openness	−0.16	0.00		0.20	0.00