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High job strain and workplace stressors significantly increase the incidence of major depressive disorders.
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Multiple peer-reviewed studies and population-based data confirm that high job strain and workplace stressors significantly elevate the risk of major depressive disorders and depressive symptoms.

Evidence for · 8
Occupational factors associated with major depressive disorder: A Brazilian population-based study.
2018 · cited by 41
Population-based study showing psychosocial work stressors are strong risk factors for major depressive disorder (MDD).
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Judged against the evidence record for claims of this kind.

More for · 7
Job Stress-attributable Burden of Disease in Korea
2018 · cited by 13
Demonstrates that job strain is attributable for a substantial percentage of major depressive disorders (13.6%).
Longitudinal association of exposure to work-related stress with major depressive disorder and the role of occupational burnout in this association in the general population
2024 · cited by 4
Supports a longitudinal association between work-related stress and the onset of major depressive episodes.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of depressive symptoms and work-ralated psychoacial factors among healthcare workers.
2026 · cited by 1
A systematic review and meta-analysis linking higher job strain and psychosocial factors to higher odds of depressive symptoms.
Wikipedia: Job strain
cited by 0
Reference article covering this claim directly
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health: Psychosocial working characteristics before retirement and depressive symptoms across the retirement transition: a longitudinal latent class analysis
2020 · cited by 0
Finds that job demands, job strain, and workplace social support are associated with depressive symptom trajectories.
Frontiers in Public Health: The moderating role of job satisfaction in the relationship between workplace violence and depression among accountants
2026 · cited by 0
Shows a positive correlation between negative workplace stressors like workplace violence and depression among accountants.
OpenAIRE: The Relationship between Workplace Stressors and Job Strain with Psychological Distress among Employed Malaysian Breast Cancer Survivors
2012 · cited by 0
Finds high psychological job demand and job strain significantly associated with depression in breast cancer survivors.
Everything we examined (25)
  1. Wikipedia: Job strainreferencesupports
  2. Wikipedia: Major depressive disorderreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Wikipedia: Occupational health psychologyreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Book: The Handbook of Stress and Healthreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. Book: Oxford Textbook of Public Mental Healthreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. Book: Principles of Gender-Specific Medicinereferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. Book: Strategic Human Resource Management in the Public Arenareferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Book: Conservative Management of Cervical Spine Syndromesreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: Handbook of health psychologyreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health: Psychosocial working characteristics before retirement and depressive symptoms across the retirement transition: a longitudinal latent class analysispeer-reviewedsupports
  11. Human-Animal Interactions: Evaluating perceived stressors and areas of needed support in animal shelter and rescue workers and volunteerspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health: Sense of coherence is significantly associated with both metabolic syndrome and lifestyle in Japanese computer software office workerspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  13. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health: What is needed to make research on the psychosocial work environment and health more meaningful? Reflections and missed opportunities in IPD debatespeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  14. Frontiers in Public Health: The moderating role of job satisfaction in the relationship between workplace violence and depression among accountantspeer-reviewedsupports
  15. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease: Psychosocial Stressors at Work and Atrial Fibrillation Incidence: An 18‐Year Prospective Studypeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  16. OpenAIRE: Job strain in German novice physical therapists / Psychische Beanspruchung am Arbeitsplatz von Berufsanfängern in der Physiotherapiepeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  17. OpenAIRE: Prevalence and risk factors of job strain among laboratory technicians in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  18. OpenAIRE: An examination of stressors, strain, and resilience in academic and non-academic U.K. university job roles.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  19. OpenAIRE: The Relationship between Workplace Stressors and Job Strain with Psychological Distress among Employed Malaysian Breast Cancer Survivorspeer-reviewedsupports
  20. OpenAIRE: Investigating the impact of psychosocial risks and occupational stress on psychiatric hospital nurses' mental well‐being in Japanpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  21. OpenAIRE: Association of Workplace Chronic and Acute Stressors With Employee Weight Status: Data From Worksites in Turmoilpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  22. Occupational factors associated with major depressive disorder: A Brazilian population-based study.peer-reviewedsupports
  23. Job Stress-attributable Burden of Disease in Koreapeer-reviewedsupports
  24. Longitudinal association of exposure to work-related stress with major depressive disorder and the role of occupational burnout in this association in the general populationpeer-reviewedsupports
  25. A systematic review and meta-analysis of depressive symptoms and work-ralated psychoacial factors among healthcare workers.peer-reviewedsupports
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