TY - JOUR

T1 - Living on polluted soil

T2 - determinants of stress symptoms

AU - Matthies, Ellen

AU - Höger, Rainer

AU - Guski, Rainer

N1 - Literaturverz. S. 284 - 286

PY - 2000/3/1

Y1 - 2000/3/1

N2 - The study evaluated stress-related complaints of residents living on contaminated ground. Two hundred and fifteen residents of an area that was contaminated by toxics of a former coking plant (toxins were benzo(a)pyrene, dicyclopentadiene, benzol, toluol, and xylol) were compared to a control group composed of 200 subjects living in an uncontaminated part of the same city. Data are based on a standardized interview concerning stress-related somatic and psychological symptoms and on exposure parameters. The residents of the contaminated area were also required to report their estimation of danger and trust in the city council's managing of the redevelopment. The results show that the residents reported significantly more stress symptoms than the control group. In a stepwise regression analysis, symptoms turned out to be best predicted by cognitive variables. Exposure parameters were excluded from the regression model because they provided a comparatively small contribution to the explanation of variance.

AB - The study evaluated stress-related complaints of residents living on contaminated ground. Two hundred and fifteen residents of an area that was contaminated by toxics of a former coking plant (toxins were benzo(a)pyrene, dicyclopentadiene, benzol, toluol, and xylol) were compared to a control group composed of 200 subjects living in an uncontaminated part of the same city. Data are based on a standardized interview concerning stress-related somatic and psychological symptoms and on exposure parameters. The residents of the contaminated area were also required to report their estimation of danger and trust in the city council's managing of the redevelopment. The results show that the residents reported significantly more stress symptoms than the control group. In a stepwise regression analysis, symptoms turned out to be best predicted by cognitive variables. Exposure parameters were excluded from the regression model because they provided a comparatively small contribution to the explanation of variance.

KW - Business psychology

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0342699472&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/00139160021972522

DO - 10.1177/00139160021972522

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 32

SP - 270

EP - 286

JO - Environment and Behavior

JF - Environment and Behavior

SN - 0013-9165

IS - 2

ER -