Effect of Affective Temperaments Assessed by the TEMPS-A on the Relationship between Work-Related Stressors and Depressive Symptoms among Workers in Their Twenties to Forties in Japan
Table 4
Correlation coefficients of independent and dependent variables (n=728)(1).
GHQ-12(2)
1
Effort
0.239***
Rewards
−0.180***
−0.518***
Overcommitment
0.272***
0.467***
−0.384***
Upper tertile of overcommitment(3)
0.242***
0.428***
−0.341***
0.846***
Depressive (4)
0.202***
0.233***
−0.276***
0.438***
0.408***
Cyclothymic (4)
0.293***
0.210***
−0.169***
0.328***
0.295***
0.501***
(8) Hyperthymic (4)
0.101**
0.049 n.s.
−0.007 n.s.
−0.061 n.s.
−0.032 n.s.
−0.111**
0.226***
Irritable (4)
0.204***
0.225***
−0.213***
0.334***
0.305 ***
0.421***
0.686***
0.206***
Anxious (4)
0.282***
0.287***
−0.246***
0.531***
0.459 ***
0.582***
0.622***
0.020 n.s.
0.640***
1
(1)Spearman correlation coefficient. Symbols indicate level of significance: *; **; ***.
(2)1 = when the cut-off point of the GHQ-12 was 3/4, those who scored 4 or more; 0 = those who scored 3 or less.
(3)1 = those who are scored in the upper 30th percentile; 0 = others.
(4)Affective temperaments assessed by the TEMPS-A.