Mare Teichmann professor of psychology

Web-based occupational stress prevention system

•  Background •  Web-based occupational stress prevention system •  E psycho-diagnostics: Occupational Stress Indicator (OSI-2) •  Individual feedback for user •  E-learning: digital teaching tools (1) Occupational Stress; (2) Coping with Stress

Background Occupational stress manfestation

28% EU labour force (Cooper, 2002)

20% US labour force (RoperASW poll , 2002)

38% Estonian labour force (Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs , 2002)

Financial cost of occupational stress

EU: 2,6-3,8% of the GDP (European Commission, 1999)

GB: more than 5% of the GDP (Cooper, 2006)

Web-based occupational stress prevention system

•  was launched in autumn 2006 •  is available in the Web-environment http://www.pekonsult.ee/stress.php •  is free of charge for all users

Web-based occupational stress prevention system includes

E psycho-diagnostics Occupational Stress Indicator (OSI-2)

Individual feedback for user via internet

E-learning Two digital teaching tools: a) Occupational Stress b) Coping with Stress

Web-based occupational stress prevention system works

Occupational Stress Indicator-2 (OSI-2), which reliability and validity is investigated and reported by CISMS - Collaborative International Study of Managerial Stress (24 nations are involved)

OSI-2 is a 90-item scale that assesses job strains, sources of stress, personality, coping with stress, the locus of control and work locus of control and additional questions, including demographics

Forty items assessed perceived sources of job pressure (job stressors)

E psycho-diagnostics

Individual feedback for user via internet Example: the first page

OSI-2 user’s score

Average score of different country-specific samples

Factors:

Satisfaction with work

Physical Health

Psychological Well-being

Work Locus of Control

Digital teaching tools (link):

Occupational Stress Coping with Stress

Each digital teaching tool consists

•  a video-based lecture •  the slides shown during the lecture •  some written material for reading •  a MP 3 audio version of the lecture •  a DVD version of the lecture

E-learning

Digital teaching tool “Occupational Stress”

video-based lecture

slides shown during the lecture

+ DVD version of the lecture

some written material for student reading

MP 3 audio version of the lecture

The content of the digital teaching tool “Occupational Stress”

•  theoretical background of occupational stress •  burn-out •  occupational stress risk scale and occupations with risk •  type-A personality •  locus of control •  stressors at work •  Estonian occupational stress research

The content of the digital teaching tool “Coping with Stress”

•  coping strategies •  problem solving •  social support •  time management •  self-management

Web-based occupational stress prevention system

During the two years 2573 users have benefit from the web-based occupational stress prevention system

Study of user’s feedback (random sample, N=320) show the positive attitude towards web-based occupational stress prevention system

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