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JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
Volume 61, Issue 1, Pages E12-E18Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001493
Keywords
CAR; job-demand resources; mindfulness; owner-operators; physiology; work-stress
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- Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess, for the first time, the associations among work stress as measured by the job-demands resources (JD-R) model, trait mindfulness, and indices of the physiological stress response. Method: Dairy farmers (N=79) completed job stress (using the JD-R model), trait mindfulness, burnout, and self-reported health questionnaires and provided physiological indices of the stress response. Results: Our findings suggest that those reporting higher mindfulness have better physical and mental health, and that being more mindful may buffer the effects of a large cortisol awakening response on poor physical health. Conclusion: Alth-Although assessments of both psychological and physiological indicators of stress and ill-health will inform the underlying mechanisms of the associations between work stress and disease, assessing the role of trait mindfulness in this relationship may prove useful.
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