To investigate the relationship between work characteristics and psychosomatic symptoms, the author conducted survey for 1,618 workers who employed at manufacturing factories, located in Taejon city and Chungnam region.
@ES The following results were obtained ;
@EN Among the work characteristics, job classification, duration of work, work hours per day, work intensity, working environment, and working climate showed significant relationship with the psychosomatic symptoms scores. After sociodemographic
variables were controlled, the variables of above work characteristics, except work hours per day, showed statistically significant difference. In the stepwise multiple regression of symptom scores, the significantly related variables which were
work
intensity, working environment, working climate selected in that order.
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