Is there a two-way relationship between cynicism and job strain?: Evidence from a prospective population-based study

Maria Törnroos; Marko Elovainio; Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen; Taina Hintsa; Laura Pulkki-Råback; Christian Hakulinen; Päivi Merjonen; Töres Theorell; Mika Kivimäki; Olli T. Raitakari; Mirka Hintsanen

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Is there a two-way relationship between cynicism and job strain? Evidence from a prospective population-based study

Maria Törnroos, Marko Elovainio, Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen^*, Taina Hintsa, Laura Pulkki-Råback, Christian Hakulinen, Päivi Merjonen, Töres Theorell, Mika Kivimäki, Olli T. Raitakari, Mirka Hintsanen

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Management and Organisation, Helsinki

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Objective: To examine the bidirectional relationship between job strain and cynicism. Methods: The study sample was obtained from the Young Finns study and comprised 757 participants (399 women, 53%). The bidirectional association between cynicism and job strain over a 6-year-follow-up was examined with a cross-lagged structural equation model, controlling for a number of demographic variables. Results: High job strain (β = 0.08; P = 0.007) was associated with higher baseline-adjusted cynicism 6 years later. Nevertheless, cynicism was not associated with baseline-adjusted job strain. The additional analysis showed that cynicism mediated 21.5% of the relationship between job strain and depression. Conclusions: Perceptions of having a highly strenuous job may elicit mistrustful and cynical attitudes in employees, which in turn may lead to mental health problems.

Original language	English
Peer-reviewed scientific journal	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume	57
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	479-484
Number of pages	6
ISSN	1076-2752
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000430
Publication status	Published - 01.09.2015
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article - refereed

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Törnroos, M., Elovainio, M., Keltikangas-Järvinen, L., Hintsa, T., Pulkki-Råback, L., Hakulinen, C., Merjonen, P., Theorell, T., Kivimäki, M., Raitakari, O. T., & Hintsanen, M. (2015). Is there a two-way relationship between cynicism and job strain? Evidence from a prospective population-based study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 57(5), 479-484. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000430

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