101614 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Occupational Health Psychology, Workplace Violence, Industrial Engineering
Document Summary
Occupational health psychology (ohp) is an interdisciplinary area of psychology that is concerned with the health and safety of workers. Ohp emerged from two distinct disciplines within applied psychology, namely, health psychology and industrial and organisational psychology, as well as occupational medicine. Ohp has also been informed by other disciplines including industrial sociology, industrial engineering, and economics, as well as preventive medicine and public health. Ohp is concerned with the relationship of psychosocial workplace factors to the development, maintenance, and promotion of workers" health and that of their families. Thus the eld"s focus is work-related factors that can lead to injury, disease, and distress. Self-report survey methodology is the most used approach in ohp research cross- sectional designs are commonly used; case-control designs have been employed much less frequently. longitudinal designs including prospective cohort studies and experience sampling studies can examine relationships over time.
