Abstract
This article is the result of a study that aimed to analyze the correlations between assertiveness, labor conditions, perceived stress and depression of government employees of the National Social Security Institute (INSS) in Rondônia. This study included 132 effective employees of INSS of Rondônia, distributed by the state capital and the interior of the state (61.4% of the capital, 31.6% of the interior). The following instruments were used: Work Conditions Questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Factorial Extroversion Scale (EFEx). Data were treated by descriptive and inferential statistics using the SPSS 2.0 system. The results did not identify significant correlation between assertiveness with perceived stress and depression; however, the relationship between depression, perceived stress and labor conditions was relevant. Employees with low autonomy at work, difficulties in negotiating needs with the boss, difficulties in understanding the superior deliberations and who did not know the expectations about their work reported more depressive symptoms and stress. The results suggest that depression and in part perceived stress are associated with subjective work conditions rather than with assertiveness for the employees studied. Such information may contribute to the implementation of specific health policies for these employees.
Mental health; Assertiveness; Stress; Labor conditions; Government employees