Abstract
The purpose of this survey was to analyze the mental health and stressors of the engineers who work in the semi-conductor maker. The survey involved 273 engineers. 245 engineers responded, making the recovery rate 89.7%. 1) 132 (59.7%) of male engineers and 17 (70.8%) of female engineers presented abnormal findings, representing 149 (60.8%) of all engineers tested. Classifying the average of the GHQ28 results by age, it was shown that the group aged 35 to 39 scored highest at 109 (70.6%) engineers. 2) Severe displays of "physical symptoms" scored highest at 13.5% on the hypostasis scale. Regarding the ratio of abnormal findings, the following 3 items got high scores; "social behavior disorder" (80.8%), "physical symptoms" (71.0%), and "insomnia and anxiety" (71.0%). 3) What engineers regarded as stressors were; a job (72.2%), personal relationships (31.8%) and a family (16.7%). The significant difference were found between the group who feel stressors and the group who don't feel stressors in both the total GHQ28 score and the all hypostasis scales (p<0.001). 4) Regarding "the stressors on the job," "the stressors on the personal relationships" and GHQ28 score, the significant difference was found between the group who feel stressors and the group who don't feel stressors in both the total GHQ28 score and the all hypostasis scales (p<0.05). The causes may be stressors resulting from the short development time for the product and "techno-stress." It is expected that the mental health problems of the engineers who work in the semi-conductor maker will be cleared by analyzing the factors of the stressors in detail.
