@article{23331,
  author = {Dwyer T and Gall Seana and Venn Alison and Wang Shuo and Sanderson Kristy},
  title = {Job Stress in Young Adults is Associated With a Range of Poorer Health Behaviors in the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health (CDAH) Study.},
  abstract = {<p><b>OBJECTIVE: </b>To examine job stress and health behaviors, including their co-occurrence, in Australians aged 31 to 41 year assessed in 2009 to 2011.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>Cross-sectional analyses using multivariable regression models of the association between the Effort Reward Imbalance (ERI) scale and health behaviors (smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, physical activity, and body mass index [BMI]) both individually and co-occurring (0 to 3 vs 4 to 5 behaviors) were undertaken. Covariates included sociodemographics, personality, and life events.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>Greater ERI was associated with a significantly lower prevalence of having co-occurring healthy behaviors and poorer diets in both sexes. Higher ERI was also associated greater physical inactivity and sedentary behavior in men and smoking, high alcohol consumption, and more pedometer-measured physical activity in women.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>Job stress at work was associated with a range of unhealthy behaviors, which may explain the higher chronic disease associated with job stress.</p>},
  year = {2018},
  journal = {J Occup Environ Med},
  volume = {60},
  pages = {e117-e125},
  issn = {1536-5948},
  doi = {10.1097/JOM.0000000000001234},
  language = {eng},
}