Assessing the effect of a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)-based workshop on work-related rumination, fatigue, and sleep

Abstract

This quasi-experimental longitudinal study assessed the effect of a one-day Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)-based workshop on work-related rumination, chronic fatigue, and sleep quality. We hypothesized that participants who attended the workshop would report lower levels of affective work-related rumination, chronic fatigue, and improved sleep quality, at follow-up, 6 months after workshop completion. Two hundred and twenty-seven participants took part in the study, with 102 participants attending a one-day workshop delivered in their workplace. Participants completed an online questionnaire at two time-points, with follow-up occurring 6 months after initial survey completion. Results showed that participants who took part in the CBT workshop reported significantly lower levels of affective rumination (p = .03) and chronic fatigue (p = .003), at follow-up in comparison with individuals who did not attend the workshop; however, there were no significant differences between the groups in self-reported sleep quality (p = .06). A combination of more effective recovery both at work and outside of work may explain the reductions in both affective rumination and fatigue over time. This study adds to the recovery from work literature by providing initial support for a one-day CBT-based workshop delivered in the workplace.

Long-term profiles of work-related rumination associated with leadership, job demands, and exhaustion: A three-wave study

“…Without proper recovery and regain of energy, short-term load reactions accumulate and become more harmful (Meijman & Mulder, 1998;Sonnentag et al, 2010). Thus, our results concur with the notion of Querstret et al (2016) that rumination and indicators of lack of energy may be involved in a cycle whereby one feeds the other.…”

“…Thus, our findings concur with earlier studies showing that alongside work demands, particularly social conflicts instigate rumination and impair detachment from work (Bono et al, 2013;Volmer, 2015;Wang et al, 2013;Wendsche & Lohmann-Haislah, 2017). Moreover, from the viewpoint of employees themselves, high ruminators may benefit from making a plan on how to proceed with unfulfilled goals (Smit & Barber, 2016), cognitive-behavioural intervention (Querstret et al, 2016), or simple every-day strategies that helped participants in a recovery intervention to disengage from work (Hahn, Binnewies, Sonnentag, & Mojza, 2011). T1-T3 correlations for leadership were .63*** -.70*** when only participants who rated the same leader across time were included (n = 213).…”

“…First, in a quasi-experimental study, rumination and fatigue decreased simultaneously after a cognitive-behavioural intervention on work-related rumination (Querstret, Cropley, Kruger, & Heron, 2016). Second, longitudinal variable-centred studies have found not only that poor psychological detachment predicts exhaustion (Sonnentag et al, 2010), but also that exhaustion predicts poor psychological detachment (Sonnentag, Arbeus, Mahn, & Fritz, 2014).…”

Teacher’s sleep quality: linked to social job characteristics?

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Emotion Work and Musculoskeletal Pain in Supermarket Cashiers: A Test of a Sleep-Mediation Model

“…The person-oriented approach to sleep in workers and employees so far includes sleep extension on weekends, especially for those who sleep less than six hours after work days (Kubo et al, 2011), and online sleep training intervention (including mindfulness training) to increase sleep quality after work (Ebert et al, 2015;Thiart et al, 2015). Cashiers with sleep problems could also be trained in using cognitive-behavioural stress-management to improve sleep quality (e.g., Querstret et al, 2016;Richardson and Rothstein, 2008). …”