TY - JOUR
T1 - Anger in young Black and White workers
T2 - Effects of job control, dissatisfaction, and support
AU - Fitzgerald, Sheila T.
AU - Haythornthwaite, Jennifer A.
AU - Suchday, Sonia
AU - Ewart, Craig K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Grant No. 2R01-HS52080-02) and by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Grant No. R01-H03736), of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. We thank Paul B. Plott and Tasha Williams for assistance with data collection and manuscript preparation.
PY - 2003/8
Y1 - 2003/8
N2 - This cross-sectional study tested the hypothesis that characteristics of work that contribute to job strain also increase anger in young service-sector workers. A new measure of anger directed at coworkers, supervisors, and customers was regressed on job strain indices (job control, coworker and supervisor support, dissatisfaction) in models that controlled for dispositional negative affect and work status. Results in a sample of 230 young Black and White men and women revealed that low levels of job control and social support, and high levels of job dissatisfaction, were independently associated with increased work-related anger. Moreover, social support moderated the impact of low job control on anger directed at coworkers. Findings indicate that anger experienced at work may be an early marker of job stress, which has been prospectively related to cardiovascular disease.
AB - This cross-sectional study tested the hypothesis that characteristics of work that contribute to job strain also increase anger in young service-sector workers. A new measure of anger directed at coworkers, supervisors, and customers was regressed on job strain indices (job control, coworker and supervisor support, dissatisfaction) in models that controlled for dispositional negative affect and work status. Results in a sample of 230 young Black and White men and women revealed that low levels of job control and social support, and high levels of job dissatisfaction, were independently associated with increased work-related anger. Moreover, social support moderated the impact of low job control on anger directed at coworkers. Findings indicate that anger experienced at work may be an early marker of job stress, which has been prospectively related to cardiovascular disease.
KW - Anger
KW - Job stress
KW - Social support
KW - Young workers
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1024228026022
DO - 10.1023/A:1024228026022
M3 - Article
C2 - 12921005
AN - SCOPUS:0038714121
SN - 0160-7715
VL - 26
SP - 283
EP - 296
JO - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
JF - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
IS - 4
ER -