Shrugging it off: Does psychological detachment from work mediate the relationship between workplace aggression and work-family conflict?

Demsky, Caitlin A.; Ellis, Allison M.; Fritz, Charlotte

doi:10.1037/a0035448

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“…So far, only a few between‐person studies have explored the role of social stressors in psychological detachment from work. For instance, Demsky et al () found that (co‐worker and self‐reports of) workplace aggression was negatively associated with employee‐reported detachment.…”

Section: Stressors As Predictors Of Poor Psychological Detachmentmentioning

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Recovery from job stress: The stressor-detachment model as an integrative framework

2014

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SummaryThis paper reviews empirical evidence on psychological detachment from work during nonwork time. Psychological detachment as a core recovery experience refers to refraining from job-related activities and thoughts during nonwork time; it implies to mentally disengage from one's job while being away from work. Using the stressor-detachment model as an organizing framework, we describe findings from between-person and withinperson studies, relying on cross-sectional, longitudinal, and daily-diary designs. Overall, research shows that job stressors, particularly workload, predict low levels of psychological detachment. A lack of detachment in turn predicts high strain levels and poor individual well-being (e.g., burnout and lower life satisfaction). Psychological detachment seems to be both a mediator and a moderator in the relationship between job stressors on the one hand and strain and poor well-being on the other hand. We propose possible extensions of the stressor-detachment model by suggesting moderator variables grounded in the transactional stress model. We further discuss avenues for future research and offer practical implications.

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Section: Stressors As Predictors Of Poor Psychological Detachmentmentioning

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Recovery from job stress: The stressor-detachment model as an integrative framework

2014

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“…According to the resource investment principle of COR theory, the more resources individuals dispose of, the more likely they are to invest resources in order to gain additional resources and to protect themselves against future resource loss (Halbesleben et al, 2014). Research on recovery suggests that energetic resources are replenished when individuals experience high psychological detachment and sleep quality during periods of respite (Demsky, Ellis, & Fritz, 2014;Zijlstra et al, 2014). Psychological detachment, the mental disengagement from work during off-job time (Sonnentag & Fritz, 2015), preserves mental energy by suspending the mental occupation with work stressors.…”

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How can mindfulness be promoted? Workload and recovery experiences as antecedents of daily fluctuations in mindfulness

Hülsheger

Walkowiak

Thommes

2018

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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While previous work on mindfulness has focused predominantly on the benefits of mindfulness and of mindfulness interventions, the present article addresses the question of how natural experiences of mindfulness can be promoted in the context of work. Accordingly, this article sheds light on day‐to‐day fluctuations in workload and recovery experiences (psychological detachment and sleep quality) as antecedents of state mindfulness. Furthermore, this study extends extant research that has documented beneficial effects of mindfulness on subsequent recovery experiences by arguing that the relationship between mindfulness and recovery experiences is reciprocal rather than unidirectional. Using an experience‐sampling design across five workdays and involving three daily measurement occasions, we found that sleep quality and workload were related to subsequent levels of mindfulness. While not displaying a significant direct relationship with mindfulness, psychological detachment was indirectly related to mindfulness via sleep quality. Fatigue was identified as an important mechanism explaining these relationships. Furthermore, findings confirmed that the relationship between mindfulness and recovery experiences is reciprocal rather than unidirectional. Taken together, this study contributes to an enriched understanding of the role of mindfulness in organizations by shedding light on factors that precede the experience of mindfulness and by pointing to the existence of gain spirals associated with recovery experiences and mindfulness.Practitioner points Organizations seeking to promote mindfulness among their workforce should try to keep workload to a manageable degree.Organizations may also pay attention to care for employees' day‐to‐day recovery as it has been shown to facilitate mindfulness.

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“…Accordingly, psychological detachment has been described to be a core recovery experience (Sonnentag & Fritz, 2015). It has been shown to be related to a range of other important health-, well-being-, and performance-related outcomes, including emotional exhaustion, work-family conflict, and work engagement (Demsky, Ellis, & Fritz, 2014;Fritz & Sonnentag, 2009;Fritz et al, 2010;Sonnentag, Binnewies, & Mojza, 2010). 1 Also sleep plays a key role in recovery processes (Querstret & Cropley, 2012;Sonnentag et al, 2008).…”

Section: Recovery From Workmentioning

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A low‐dose mindfulness intervention and recovery from work: Effects on psychological detachment, sleep quality, and sleep duration

Hülsheger

Feinholdt

Nübold

2015

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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Although playing a crucial role for the prevention of long-term health impairment, interventions aiming at the improvement of employees' recovery processes are still scarce. In this study, we therefore investigated the effectiveness of a low-dose mindfulness intervention for recovery from work. In addition, differential responding to the treatment in terms of treatment-by-baseline interactions was studied. A sample of 140 employees participated in a randomized field experiment with a self-training and a wait-list control group. Three central recovery processes (psychological detachment, sleep quality, and sleep duration) were assessed with event-sampling methodology involving daily measurements over 10 workdays. Growth curve analyses revealed intervention effects on sleep quality and sleep duration. No effects were found for psychological detachment after work and for the proposed treatment-by-baseline interactions. Our findings are discussed in the context of occupational health promotion in general and mindfulnessbased interventions in specific. Practitioner pointsAlthough daily recovery from the demands of work has been shown to be vital for employee well-being and performance, research on how workplace interventions can help improve recovery is still scarce. This study investigated the effectiveness of a brief, economic mindfulness intervention on processes that are vital for recovery -psychological detachment, sleep quality, and sleep duration. Findings revealed positive effects of the intervention on sleep quality and duration, but not on psychological detachment.

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Shrugging it off: Does psychological detachment from work mediate the relationship between workplace aggression and work-family conflict?

Cited by 93 publications

References 77 publications

Recovery from job stress: The stressor-detachment model as an integrative framework

Recovery from job stress: The stressor-detachment model as an integrative framework

How can mindfulness be promoted? Workload and recovery experiences as antecedents of daily fluctuations in mindfulness

A low‐dose mindfulness intervention and recovery from work: Effects on psychological detachment, sleep quality, and sleep duration

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