본 연구는 제조업 남성 근로자들의 직무스트레스와 피로와의 관계에서 사회적 지지의 매개효과를 검토하는 것을 목적으로 수행하였다. 대상: 조사대상은 제조업 공장에 근무하는 남성 근로자 352명이었다. 방법: 자료 수집은 2020년 4월 1일부터 5월 31일까지의 기간 동안에 구조화된 자기기입식 설문지를 이용한 설문조사에 의하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 23.0 통계프로그램을 사용하여 상관분석, 위계적 회귀분석 및 Sobel test로 분석하였다. 결과: 연구결과, 조사대상자의 피로증상은 업무요구도와 유의한 양의 상관관계를 보인 반면, 업무의 자율성, 상자의 지지 및 동료의 지지와는 유의한 음의 상관관계를 보였다. 직무스트레스와 피로와의 관계에서 사회적 지지의 매개효과를 검증한 결과, 직무스트레스가 높을수록 사회적 지지는 낮아지는 것으로 나타났으며(F=63.93, p<0.01), 피로수준은 높아지는 것으로 나타났다(F=58.64, p<0.01). 직무스트레스를 통제한 상태에서 사회적지지가 피로에 미치는 영향 또한 통계적으로 유의하였으며(F=43.83, p<0.01), 이 때 직무스트레스의 β값이 0.352로 매개변수를 거치지 않았을 때의 β값인 0.545보다 작아 사회적지지가 매개효과를 가지는 것으로 나타났다. Sobel test 결과에서 사회적 지지는 직무스트레스와 피로의 관계에서 부분적 매개역할을 하였다(Z=-4.15, p<0.01). 결론: 위와 같은 결과는 직장에서의 사회적 지지는 근로자의 피로와 관련 있는 직무스트레스를 완화시키는 매개효과가 있을 가능성을 시사한다.

The petroleum refinery industry handles a variety of complex chemical substances and employs a large number of people around the world. According to previous research, diseases caused by exposure to chemicals were quite common among workers in refineries until the 1980s. More recently, it is unusual for oil refinery workers to suffer from these serious diseases. The objective of this study was to identify the occurrence level of general diseases and any differences in lifestyle habits of workers in refineries in Korea compared with the general population. In this study, we used the results of health examinations from 2014 for workers at a large oil refinery in South Korea. In addition, based on the results of KNHANES from 2014 as representative of the population, hypertension, diabetes, anemia, hyperlipidemia, liver function abnormality, and kidney function abnormality were calculated using the standardized incidence rate. Hypertension showed a low result with an SIR of less than 1, but a high result in the case of abnormal liver function. The workers’ occurrence rates of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, kidney dysfunction, and anemia were lower than those of ordinary salaried employees. however, their occurrence rate for abnormal liver function was markedly higher. In lifestyle habits, the smoking rate of workers was low while the alcohol consumption rate was quite high. This study has improved the understanding of the health status of workers in a large oil refinery in Korea, and has shown the impact of lifestyle habits related to the work environment on chronic diseases.

The objective of this study was to develop a fashion therapy program for improving body image and self-esteem among male workers. Accordingly, the demand for fashion therapy programs was examined by conducting a literature review, survey, and in-depth interviews with men working in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk areas. The results are summarized as follows. The fashion therapy program followed a framework of “introduction-development-final” and was 60 minutes in length, for four sessions (one per week). The contents of the program consisted of a study of the participants’ appearance and any concerns they had about their body in Session 1. In Session 2, differences in image perception were examined according to color coding of menswear and personal color. Session 3 comprised understanding what styling is required to supplement men’s body shape and what style is suitable for each participant. The content of Session 4 determined how to build social performance or positive image using nonverbal elements. Overall, this study has great significance in that it has developed a study on fashion therapy program originally applied for psychological treatment with women that has been adapted as a program to help improve positive emotions and social competitiveness of male workers in an office environment.

The purpose of this study was to compare the anthropometry, serum lipid levels, dietary behavior and health-related behaviors of shipbuilding workers. The education level was significantly higher in office workers than laborers, while age, monthly income and working years were not significantly different between both groups. The serum triglyceride, glucose concentration and AI were significantly higher in office workers than in laborers, but the serum LDL-cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol concentrations were significantly higher in laborers than in office workers. The frequency of breakfast and coffee intake was significantly higher in office workers than in laborers. In the office workers, age was positively correlated with systolic blood pressure but was negatively correlated with hemoglobin and hematocrit concentration In the laborers, working year was negatively correlated with hemoglobin, total cholesterol and serum LDL cholesterol concentrations. Exercise was negatively correlated with total cholesterol concentration, triglyceride and LDL-cholesterol concentration and AI in the office workers. The results of this study showed that office workers are more prone to related chronic degenerative diseases. Therefore, nutritional education for the provention of chronic degenerative diseases of shipbuilding workers needs to be more focused on improving the health status of office workers.