OHP Accolades

Awards for research in occupational health psychology were presented at the Sixth International Conference on Work, Stress and Health Conference in Miami, FL, March 2006.

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology Best Paper Award

JOHP Editor Lois Tetrick announced the following two winners of the JOHP Best Paper Award for a paper published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology:

Zapf, D., Dormann, C., & Frese, M. (1996). Longitudinal studies in organizational stress research: A review of the literature with reference to methodological issues. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 1, 145-169.

De Lange, A., Taris, T., Kompier, M., Houtman, I. , & Bongers, P. (2003). “The Very Best of the Millennium:” Longitudinal research and the demand-control-(support) model. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 8, 282-305.

Work, Stress & Health 2006 Best Student Paper Award  

SOHP Student Awards committee chair Vicki Magley announced the finalists and winner of the Best Student Paper award.

Finalists for the award

Shoshi Chen, Tel Aviv University**
Impact of enhanced resources on anticipatory stress and adjustment to new information technology:
A field-experimental test of conservation of resources theory

Rada Dagher, University of Minnesota
Job strain and postpartum depression among employed women

Todd Giardina, University at Buffalo
Evaluation of a web-based writing intervention as a means of preventing distress and job burnout among professional helpers

Judith Godin, Carleton University
Structure and validity of the well-people physical health scale

John McKee, Wright State University
Predicting nurse burnout from a self-regulation framework

Mo Wang, Portland State University
Profiling retirees: Examining the change patterns of retirees'
psychological well-being

Congratulations to Shoshi Chen as winner of the award and congratulations to all these researchers for their outstanding work!

Student Research Award Committee
Vicki Magley (Chair), University of Connecticut
Peter Chen, Colorado State University
Ronald Downey, Kansas State University
Steve Jex, Bowling Green State University
James McCubbin, Clemson University
Robert Sinclair, Portland State University
Christiane Spitzmueller, University of Houston

Work, Stress & Health 2006 APA/NIOSH Intervention Evaluation Award  

Winning papers in the APA/NIOSH Intervention Evaluation Competition were:

First place:

Haslam, C., Whysall, Z. & Haslam, R.,
A staged approach to reducing musculoskeletal disorders.

Second place (tie):

Chen, S.,Westman, M. & Eden, D.
Impact of enhanced resources on anticipatory stress and adjustment to new technology: A field-experimental test of conservation of resources theory.

Elo, A.
Evaluation of an organizational stress management program in municipal parks.

 

 

Awards at Work Stress & Health Conference 2006


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