Mental Health State of the Employees at Tabriz Oil Refinery Company

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Present research aimed to study the mental health state of the employees of Tabriz Oil refinery company. For this purpose, the entire personnel (985) with the average age of 42.5 and average working experience of 19 years were examined. The research instrument was the revised version of the index finding 90- item check- list (SCL- 90- R). Results showed that depression and phobia held the highest and the lowest average range. Day and shift working employees showed not any significant difference but in obsession disorder. A significant difference in paranoia was also observed among employees when divided according to their education level. There was no significant difference between single and married employees, but the results showed a significant difference in anxiety, depression, obsession, paranoia, and physical complaints among the refinery eight organization employees. Finally employees showed to have a better mental health with the age and work experience increase.

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