Table 7.1
Correlations among stress measures in a sample of hotel workers in Hawaii, aged 18
- 59,
N
= 155 (Brown unpublished data)
Norepinephrine(during work)
Epinephrine(duringwork)
Ambulatory systolic BPat work (standarddeviation)
Ambulatory diastolic BPat work (standarddeviation)
Job stressquestionnaire
Lifesatisfactionquestionnaire
Norepinephrine(during work)
r
= 0.98
p
< .001
r
=
−
0.01
ns
r
=
−
0.04
ns
r
=
−
0.07
ns
r
=
−
0.12
ns
Epinephrine (duringwork)
r
= 0.98
p
< .001
r
=
−
0.00
ns
r
=
−
0.05
ns
r
=
−
0.03
ns
r
=
−
0.11
ns
Systolic BP at work(standard deviation)
r
=
−
0.01
ns
r
= 0.00
ns
r
= 0.59
p
< .001
r
=
−
0.07
ns
r
=
−
0.05
ns
Diastolic BP atwork (standarddeviation)
r
=
−
0.04
ns
r
=
−
0.05
ns
r
= 0.59
p
< .001
r
= 0.08
ns
r
= 0.09
ns
Job stressquestionnaire
r
=
−
0.07
ns
r
=
−
0.03
ns
r
=
−
0.07
ns
r
= 0.08
ns
r
= 0.21
ns
Life satisfactionquestionnaire
r
=
−
0.12
ns
r
=
−
0.11
ns
r
=
−
0.05
ns
r
= 0.09
ns
r
= 0.21
ns
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