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The moderating role of personality traits in the relationship between work and salivary cortisol: a cross-sectional study of 401 employees in 34 Canadian companies

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Title
The moderating role of personality traits in the relationship between work and salivary cortisol: a cross-sectional study of 401 employees in 34 Canadian companies
Published in
BMC Psychology, December 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40359-015-0102-3
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Annick Parent-Lamarche, Alain Marchand

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the contribution of personality traits in explaining the relationship between workplace stressors and variations in salivary cortisol concentrations. Multilevel regression analyses were performed on a sample of 401 employees from 34 Quebec firms. Saliva samples were collected five times a day (on awakening, 30 min after awakening, and at 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and bedtime). Sample collection was repeated on three days (1 rest day, 2 working days). Work-related variables comprised skill utilization, decision authority, psychological demands, physical demands, job insecurity, irregular schedule, number of working hours, and social support from coworkers and supervisors. Personality traits comprised self-esteem, locus of control, and the Big Five. Cortisol levels at awakening and 30 min later were significantly higher for work days than for days off. Psychological demands and job insecurity were associated with lower cortisol levels at bedtime. Also, self-esteem moderated the relationship between physical demands and cortisol levels at awakening and 4 p.m. Agreeableness was associated with lower cortisol levels at awakening and at 2 p.m. and further moderated the relationship between number of hours worked and cortisol at 2 p.m. Neuroticism moderated the relationship between coworker support and cortisol at bedtime. Specific working conditions and certain personality traits are associated with variations in salivary cortisol concentrations. In addition, certain personality traits moderate the relationship between stressors and salivary cortisol concentrations. In conclusion, salivary cortisol concentrations at work seem to be modulated in part by personality traits.

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Unknown 48 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 17%
Student > Bachelor 7 15%
Student > Master 4 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 6%
Other 2 4%
Other 7 15%
Unknown 17 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 7 15%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 6%
Other 10 21%
Unknown 17 35%
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