Abstract
A cross-sectional survey was conducted to examine the association among personal back groundwork conditions job stressors and psychological distress in the childcare workers at nursery schools. The responses of 610 full-time workers (84.3%) and part-time job workers (15.7%) evaluated. Respondents included many new graduates and those with lower income levels than general workers. Age, years of service, and income were not related to any of the psychological distress. However, the longer their overtime hours， the higher was the prevalence of mental distress. The results of a multivariate analysis showed that the risk of emotional distress was associated with work experience, new graduate, working hours, workload, job adequacy, and satisfaction. These results partially agree with the job-demand-control-support model. In the future, it will be necessary to improve the mental
health of childcare workers by referring to stress management of general workers.
