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. 2021 Jun 29;47(5):335–348. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3955

Table 5.

Growth curve models: parameter estimates for random effects, representing variation between occupations in intercept and slope (mesolevel effects). [SD=standard deviation.]

Domain Dimension Intercept variance Slope variance Slope effect size Residual variance Covariance intercept- slope





Estimate Error Estimate Error SD 10-y change (low) a SD 10-y change (high) a Estimate Error Estimate Error
Job resources
Influence Decision authority; pace b 0.373 0.061 0.024 0.008 –0.578 0.420 0.097 0.005 –0.037 0.017
Decision authority; when c 0.150 0.024 0.005 0.002 –0.335 0.367 0.026 0.001 –0.006 0.005
Decision authority;what, how b 0.141 0.023 0.004 0.002 –0.315 0.379 0.027 0.001 –0.010 0.005
Unbound and free b 0.135 0.022 0.013 0.004 –0.597 0.600 0.037 0.002 –0.014 0.007
Social support Support from colleagues b 0.022 0.005 0.002 0.002 –0.723 0.553 0.029 0.002 0.003 0.002
Appreciation c 0.124 0.021 0.011 0.004 –0.431 0.744 0.043 0.002 –0.151 0.007
Recovery Pause opportunities b, d 0.455 0.073 0.029 0.010 –0.540 0.455 0.089 0.005 -0.033 0.020
Meaningfulness Meaningfulness b 0.167 0.027 0.007 0.003 –0.370 0.409 0.036 0.002 –0.024 0.007
Job demands
Cognitive Difficulty of work tasks b 0.021 0.004 0.001 0.001 –0.129 0.507 0.013 0.001 –0.002 0.001
Monotony b 0.352 0.055 0.006 0.003 –0.255 0.263 0.052 0.003 –0.037 0.011
Concentration b 0.100 0.018 0.011 0.005 –0.900 0.659 0.067 0.004 –0.173 0.008
Psychological pressure c, d 0.127 0.021 0.008 0.003 0.014 0.957 0.030 0.002 –0.024 0.007
Quantitative Workload c 0.039 0.007 0.002 0.001 0.091 0.855 0.023 0.001 –0.001 0.002
Work–leisure spillover b 0.270 0.044 0.012 0.005 –0.471 0.371 0.068 0.004 –0.035 0.012
Time pressure c, d 0.138 0.024 0.015 0.007 –0.581 0.677 0.066 0.004 –0.012 0.010
Overtime c, d 0.214 0.034 0.006 0.004 –0.259 0.318 0.419 0.002 –0.016 0.008
Emotional Emotionally demanding contacts b, e 0.741 0.113 0.012 0.004 –0.326 0.175 0.041 0.002 –0.019 0.015
Violence and threats b, e 0.135 0.021 0.004 0.001 –0.311 0.336 0.018 0.001 –0.011 0.004
Physical Work postures c 0.283 0.044 0.006 0.003 –0.113 0.441 0.037 0.002 –0.020 0.008
Bend and twist c 0.711 0.110 0.011 0.005 –0.013 0.403 0.075 0.004 –0.032 0.018
Physical workload* b 0.625 0.096 0.006 0.003 –0.170 0.204 0.034 0.002 -0.019 0.012
a

All slope effect sizes were estimated using Model III. Bold numbers indicate P-value < 0.05.

b

Variance and covariance parameters were estimated using Model III (linear macro trend).

c

Variance and covariance parameters were estimated using Model IV (nonlinear macro trend).

d

The time series was disrupted in 2013 due to rewording of the SWES (2015), resulting in a shortened time series (1997–2013).

e

The dimensions “Emotionally demanding contacts” and “Violence and threats” are highly skewed, with most professions reporting close to the maximum in the scale and thus not experiencing such demands at work.