Journal of affective disorders
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Comparative Study
Temperament and job stress in Japanese company employees.
This study aims to demonstrate the relevance of temperament to job stress. ⋯ Temperament influences job stress significantly-indeed, it impacts on such stress with greater magnitude than age, gender and job rank in most areas examined. Temperament influences interpersonal relationship stressors more than workload-related stressors. Interestingly, in line with previous clinical and theoretical formulations, the hyperthymic and melancholic types actually appear to be "hyper-adapted" to the workplace.