Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7331696 | Social Science & Medicine | 2015 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
These findings are significant since skill discretion and decision authority are typically combined into a composite measure of job control or decision latitude. Our findings suggest skill discretion and decision authority should be treated separately since combining these theoretically distinct components may conceal their differential associations with measures of obesity, masking their individual importance. Psychosocial work factors displayed stronger associations and explained greater variance in waist circumference compared with BMI, and possible reasons for this are discussed.
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Authors
Christopher G. Bean, Helen R. Winefield, Charli Sargent, Amanda D. Hutchinson,