Psychosocial working conditions
The job-exposure matrix (JEM) for psychosocial working conditions consists of gender-specific exposure scores regarding quantitative job demands and decision authority/job control, respectively.
Exposure scores are provided for 371 occupations classified in ISCO-88 (COM) codes. The JEM was developed by harmonizing self-reported exposure information collected 1990-2015 from three national JEMs from Finland, Norway, and Sweden. There are four categories of exposure regarding quantitative psychological job demands and decision authority/job control:
0-24 % exposed
25-49 % exposed
50-74 % exposed
75-100 % exposed
The predictive validity of this JEM has been assessed by examination of associations between the harmonized exposure measures and diagnosed depression across the three national cohorts.
Daniel Falkstedt
Principal Researcher
Svetlana Solovieva
Adjunct Professor, FIOH
Karina Undem
Researcher, STAMIPublications
Development of a gender-specific European job exposure matrix (EuroJEM) for physical workload and its validation against musculoskeletal pain.
Solovieva S, Descatha A, Mehlum IS, Viikari-Juntura E, Undem K, Berglund K, Gilbert F, Wuytack F, d'Errico A, Badarin K, Evanoff B, Kjellberg K. Development of a gender-specific European job exposure matrix (EuroJEM) for physical workload and its validation against musculoskeletal pain. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2024 Dec 16:4203. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.4203. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39680844.
Psychosocial working conditions and the risk of diagnosed depression: a Swedish register-based study.
Almroth M, Hemmingsson T, Sörberg Wallin A, Kjellberg K, Burström B, Falkstedt D. Psychosocial working conditions and the risk of diagnosed depression: a Swedish register-based study. Psychol Med. 2021 Mar 8;52(15):1-9. doi: 10.1017/S003329172100060X. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33682646; PMCID: PMC9772906.
Mechanical and psychosocial work exposures on JSTOR
Hanvold, T. N., Sterud, T., Kristensen, P., & Mehlum, I. S. (2019). Mechanical and psychosocial work exposures: the construction and evaluation of a gender-specific job exposure matrix (JEM). Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 45(3), 239–247. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26677630
Evaluation of the Validity of Job Exposure Matrix for Psychosocial Factors at Work | PLOS ONE
Solovieva S, Pensola T, Kausto J, Shiri R, Heliövaara M, et al. (2014) Evaluation of the Validity of Job Exposure Matrix for Psychosocial Factors at Work. PLOS ONE 9(9): e108987. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108987