Psychosocial risk exposure and mental health outcomes of European workers with low socioeconomic status :Literature review

The specialised literature has been increasingly dealing with the implications of psychosocial risk (PSR) factors and corresponding mental health outcomes in employment. Previous research has often focused either on holistic working population or sectoral overviews of selected industries or occupations. However, there is a relative paucity of studies investigating specifically the most vulnerable social groups particularly exposed to PSRs, such as low-skilled or low-paid workers. Notwithstanding, preliminary evidence seems to indicate that this category may well be vulnerable to higher exposure. Therefore, to fill this knowledge gap, it is the main objective of this scoping review to provide an exploratory literature overview of the associations between PSR exposure and mental health outcomes of European workers with low socioeconomic status (hereafter referred to as LSES workers).