APA co-sponsors conference on work, stress and health

WHAT:

Experts from around the globe will present findings on the impact of work on employee stress, health and productivity and family relationships. Identifying and coping with stress among workers in a broad range of industries and across racial and ethnic backgrounds will be discussed. New approaches to help workers deal with increasing instances of workplace bullying and changing work environments will also be examined. Researchers will detail the risks of violence and other occupational hazards within the workplace.

Sponsoring organizations—the American Psychological Association, the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety and the Society for Occupational Health and Psychology.

WHERE:

Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St., N.W. (at Connecticut Ave.) Washington, DC 20008

WHEN:

Thursday, March 6, through Saturday, March 8

Program Highlights

Thursday, March 6

11:00 am – 12:15 pm

• Women’s Workplace Discrimination, Race and Psychological Distress: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Surveys (Ambassador Ballroom)

• The Connection Between Work Engagement and Physiologic Outcomes (Diplomat Ballroom)

• Mental and Cognitive Injuries of War, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery (Executive Room)

• Commuting Stress and the Impact on the Work Environment (Embassy Room)
  
  

1:30 – 3:00 pm

• Chronic Stress and Negative Health Outcomes Moderated by Social Support (Embassy Room)

• Work Stress and Mental Health: Is Their Relationship the Same Among Male and Female Workers" (Embassy Room)

• Burnout as a Relationship Problem (Calvert Room)

• Workplace Violence and Nursing Personnel: Depression and Job Change (Blue Room)

• Workplace Civility, Verbal Abuse, and Employee Health and Safety (Blue Room

• Precarious Employment and Health: New Sources of Stress (Hampton Ballroom)
  
  

3:15 – 4:30 pm

• Psychoendocrine Stress Response, Stressors, and Pain Perception (Diplomat Ballroom)

• Blood Lipids As Predicted By Workload, Control, and Social Support (Diplomat Ballroom)

• Examining Predictors of Psychological and Physical Strain in Recent Immigrant Workers (Congressional Room)
  
  

4:45 – 6:00 pm

• Health and Stress On A Racetrack: Focus on Latino Immigrants (Embassy Room)

• Wounded Messengers: Journalists as First Responders and Their Hidden Trauma (Diplomat Ballroom)

• Organizational Response and Management of Workplace Violence Risk (Hampton Ballroom)

• Understanding Motives for Flexible Work Arrangements (Congressional Room)
  
  

Friday, March 7

8:00 – 9:30 am

• Understanding Employers’ Indifference to Bullying (Ambassador Ballroom)

• Race and Ethnicity As Factors in Workplace Bullying (Ambassador Ballroom)