Abstract
Sports facility workers in Japan are exposed to mental health risks due to the demand of job
characteristics and job insecurity due to many temporary workers. The purpose of this study was
to clarify the characteristics of mental health of Japanese sports facility workers, using the New
Brief Job Stress Checklist. The survey was conducted on 488 workers in the capital area sports
facilities in Japan, among which 378 valid respondents (183 office staffs and 195 instructor staffs)
were grouped and data were analyzed. The survey included Job stress measured by the New Brief
Job Stress Questionnaire, and Mental health measured by General Health Questionnaire. To examine
associations between job stress and mental health, χ2 test, t-test and linear regression analyses
models were conducted. As a result, the two groups showed different job stress factors.
(1) Office staffs showed better status in terms of qualitative and physical demand than instructor
staffs, and the instructor staffs showed better status in terms of application of skill, job insecurity,
and meaning of job.
(2) Instructor staffs showed a better mental health status. For office staffs, the quantitative demand,
job control, meaning of job, and job insecurity had a significant relationship with mental health. For
instructor staffs, the physical demand, interpersonal relationships, job insecurity had a significant
relationship with mental health.
