Effects of sense of humor, presenteeism on mental health among white-color workers in Japan

DANGAMI Tomoko, TOKUNAGA Junya

doi:10.3861/jshhe.80.127

This study was performed to evaluate the effects of sense of humor and presenteeism on mental health in white-collar workers in Japan. The study population consisted of 225 white-collar office workers. The cross sectional study used a self-administered questionnaire about workers’humor style and job stress. Additionally, the demographics and presenteeism data of the population examined by the public health nurse was also combined with the questionnaire data. The results indicated that the difference of gender, age, official post, and presenteeism were associated with the unique humor sense and occupational stress. Aggressive humor score was significantly higher in male workers, while self-enhancing humor score was significantly higher in females. Younger workers below 39 years old scored higher than older ones on affiliative and self-defeating humor. Moreover, the depression and irritation score among workers located near presenteeism workers in the office was significantly higher than others. The multiple regression analysis revealed that employees’self-enhancing humor had negative relationship with their sense of depression, anxiety and vigor. Although aggressive humor also significantly decreased their depression and anxiety, high scores of self-defeating humor led to high negative stresses. Additionally, the vigor score had a tendency to decline among workers near presenteeism employees. It is expected that the organizational climate enhancing the sense of humor may contribute to the implementation of effective stress management for white-collar workers.

Effects of sense of humor, presenteeism on mental health among white-color workers in Japan

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