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Discrepancies between chronological age and personal age as a reflection of unrelieved worker stress
Authors:Janet L Barnes-farrell  Michael J Piotrowski
Institution:  a Department of Psychology, U-20, 406 Babbidge Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA b The Travelers, Hartford, CT, USA
Abstract:The general proposition that stress-related variables will be associated with discrepancies between chronological age and perceived personal age of working adults was examined. Responses from a field survey of day, afternoon, and night fixed-shift workers in a large manufacturing organization (n = 1674) were used to explore the relationships between a variety of reported stress-related variables and personal age constructs. Discrepancies between perceived personal age and chronological age were reported by a large proportion of the workers surveyed. Three categories of stress-related variables each accounted for a significant proportion of the variance in discrepancies. As hypothesized, the reported presence of stressors and the frequency/extent of strains (stress-related outcomes) were positively correlated with feeling older than one's chronological age. In addition, the reported presence of support mechanisms for coping with stressors was negatively correlated with feeling older than one's chronological age. The manner in which work and non-work stress may impinge upon personal age perceptions is discussed, and appropriate avenues for future research in this domain are considered.
Keywords:Occupational stress  Personal age  Stress outcomes  Worker stress
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