Development of psychosomatic disorders as related to the nature of employment

The aim of present investigation is to study the “Development of psychosomatic disorders as related to nature of employment (Running staff: persons who work out of doors and go one place to another place to do their work or service such as Guard, Driver, Policeman, T.T.E. & Salesman etc and Office staff: persons who work in office such as Teacher, Clerk & Shopkeepers etc)”. The data has been collected from railway organization at Chandausi, Moradabad division, Uttar Pradesh-India. The total sample of 80 males (40 Running Staff males and 40 Office staff males) of same grade (C grade), age ranging from 30–50 years has been drawn through stratified sampling. For this study, C.M.I Health Questionnaire has been administered on each subject of the sample. It contains 195 items in informal language and divided in three sections – A to L, M to R and A to R. Findings of this study indicates that the level of psychosomatic symptoms in running staff is more than office staff. It means running staff is more vulnerable to psychosomatic disorders in comparison to office staff. Thus, development of psychosomatic disorders is related to nature of employment.