1. THE SOCIO-GENESIS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: INDUSTRIAL WORKERS IN NIGERIA.
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Anheier, Helmut K.
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CAUSAL models ,SOCIALIZATION ,LOCUS of control ,PSYCHOLOGICAL distress ,INDUSTRIAL workers ,SOCIAL change - Abstract
This paper develops a basic causal model describing the effects of factors such as socialisation, rural-urban background, current occupation, perceived job stressors and locus of control as determinants of psychological distress in a sample of Nigerian factory workers. The analysis builds upon major results and theories of causation of psychological distress in African populations experiencing high rates of social change. Findings regarding perceived job stressors are similar to results found in Western samples, but the findings concerning the effects of cognitive attribution tendencies contrast with what is usually found in Western samples. The ensuing discussion of the reasons for such differences emphasises basic themes in the sociogenesis of psychological distress in an African context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1987
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