Lifestyle behaviours, psychological wellbeing and cardiovascular disease in women executives and senior management

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dc.contributor.authorCrowhurst, Rhiannon
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-02T08:25:28Z
dc.date.available2017-02-02T08:25:28Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts Masters (Industrial/ Organisational Psychology) in the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. March, 2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated whether the lifestyle behaviours and psychological well-being of women executives and managers predicted their ten-year risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The sample of South African women executives and managers work in a variety of industries in the cities of Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. The study sought to determine the predictability of the women executives and managers’ risk of developing cardiovascular disease through examining their level of alcohol consumption, level of physical exercise and the nutritional and dietary choices that they made as well as their level of depression, anxiety and stress. The data was gathered through an executive health and wellness programme and logistic regression and Chi-squared tests of association were used in conducting the analyses. The results suggested that the level of alcohol consumption and the nutritional and dietary choices made were predictive of the individual’s ten-year risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Additionally, the level of anxiety was found to be associated with the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The results suggest that both individuals and organisations should prioritise the changing of unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, specifically excessive alcohol consumption and daily dietary choices, in order to lower their risk of developing cardiovascular disease.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianMT2017en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (157 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationCrowhurst, Rhiannon (2016) Lifestyle behaviours, psychological wellbeing and cardiovascular disease in women executives and senior management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21824>
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/21824
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshWork--Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcshJob stress
dc.subject.lcshWomen executives--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshExecutives--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshNutritionally induced diseases--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshWomen--Alcohol use--South Africa.
dc.subject.lcshHeart diseases.
dc.titleLifestyle behaviours, psychological wellbeing and cardiovascular disease in women executives and senior managementen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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