Survey delves into reasons behind employees’ mental health issues
Money has emerged as the top reason for stress among Japanese employees, according to a new survey, which unveiled the impact of stress on workers' mental health.
The survey, released by Zurich Life Insurance Japan, found that 21.7% of Japanese employees have cited salary and bonuses as the cause of their stress at work, Nippon reported.
Others have cited job requirements (17.8%), interpersonal issues in the workplace (15.4%), and issues with work superiors (13.6%). The remaining factors for stress include:
As a result of stress at work, 46.1% of the respondents said they felt mental health issues or anxiety, according to the poll, which surveyed 1,000 businesspeople.
Despite being the top reason for stress, the report discovered that financial concerns are only the second-highest cause of mental health issues among employees, with 38.4% of the respondents citing it.
The top reason for mental health issues and anxiety was revealed to be interpersonal issues in the workplace, as cited by 45.8% of the respondents, according to the Nippon report. Others cited:
According to the survey, nearly half of the respondents (48.7%) have tried to avoid stress by taking it easy and relaxing when they took their paid vacation in the previous year, Nippon reported. Others also spent their paid vacation by:
