Association between job stress and perceived quality of life.

Abstract

Abstract Professionals in the area of health promotion have been aware for some time of the negative effects of job stress on worker quality of life. This study examined the relationship between job stress and quality of life (QOL) indicators for university faculty and administrators as well as the potential buffering effects of selected variables on these relationships. The principal QOL indicators were considered to be job and life satisfaction and psychophysiological symptoms. The moderating variables of percentage of body fat, maximum oxygen consumption, self-esteem, physical self-esteem, overall social support, and supervisor support were examined for their ability to buffer the effects of job stress on the QOL indicators. Life and job satisfaction and psychophysiological symptoms were found to be significantly related to job stress. Self-esteem, body cathexis, overall social support, supervisor support, and maximum oxygen consumption were found to moderate the effects of job stress on QOL indicators...