Psychosocial risks in the working environment : Approaches to formative risk assessment

We have added two subchapters in the introduction that address the topics of research questions, study design, ethics, and methods. 

We developed the subchapter "outlook and future research aspects" in the last section. Here, practical recommendations based on the findings of the projects and future research questions are included.

The article was translated from German into English with the help of a translation agency. The 2nd version was revised again.

The following explanations are based on the central reference points and results of the basic research project on psychosocial risks in the world of work, which was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The aim of this project was to develop a formative risk assessment of psychosocial risks in the world of work with a special focus on the dynamic interdependencies between gainful employment and care work as well as structural work stress and subjectively perceived work stress. The result of this project is a theoretical-generic model of a formative risk assessment, which can be specifically configured for different stakeholder groups and was operationalized as a psychotherapeutic medical product via the Innosuisse project "SELBA" (Self Recognize, Understand, Change and Monitor Work Stresses and Strains).