Work Injuries and Mental Health Problems

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dc.contributor.advisorTurner, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorGranger, Steven
dc.contributor.committeememberHershcovis, M Sandy
dc.contributor.committeememberWeinhardt, Justin
dc.contributor.committeememberPatten, Scott Burton
dc.contributor.committeememberBeus, Jeremy M
dc.date2022-11
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-20T19:03:41Z
dc.date.available2022-07-20T19:03:41Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-27
dc.description.abstractWork injuries and mental health problems continue to inflict hardship on workers while imposing severe costs on organizations. Yet no comprehensive attempt to summarize the relationship between work injuries and mental health problems exists despite evidence of their association. Further, theoretical development of the relationship between work injuries and mental health problems has stalled in recent years. I address these issues by conducting three studies to explain the association between work injuries and mental health problems, conditions shaping and mechanisms underlying this association, and the expected trajectory of mental health problems prior to and following a work injury. Study 1 is the first comprehensive meta-analysis to look at the relationship between work injuries and mental health problems, ordering effects (i.e., work injuriesmental health problems, mental health problemswork injuries), and key conditions. Study 1 indicates the association between work injuries and mental health problems is small but robust, with larger effect sizes emerging when mental health problems are measured following a work injury as opposed to preceding a work injury. Study 2 examines cognitive mechanisms linking work injuries and mental health, as well as a key social condition distinguishing the work injury-mental health problems relationship using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging (Raina et al., 2009). Study 2 results suggest maladaptive cognitions link prior work injury with later mental health problems, and memory-related issues link prior mental health problems with later work injury. Further, some evidence emerged for the role of social support mitigating the relationship between prior work injury and later mental health problems, but not vice versa. Finally, Study 3 examines the relationship between work injuries and mental health over time through an intensive longitudinal survey of young workers. Results from this study indicate that young workers tend to be resilient when confronting a work injury, with minor initial differences in mental health. Altogether, the results from these studies have important implications for occupational health and safety initiatives surrounding the prevention, recovery, and reporting of work injuries and mental health problems.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGranger, S. (2022) Work Injuries and Mental Health Problems (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/114860
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39922
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyHaskayne School of Businessen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectCognitionen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectLife eventsen_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectSafetyen_US
dc.subjectWork injuriesen_US
dc.subject.classificationBusiness Administration--Managementen_US
dc.subject.classificationPsychology--Industrialen_US
dc.titleWork Injuries and Mental Health Problemsen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineBusiness, Haskayne School of Businessen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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