The Recovery Paradox: Why We Don't Exercise After Stressful Days

Sonnentag, Sabine; Jelden, Stefanie

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“…Relaxation was related to aspects of quantitative workload, but not to other job stressors. It might be that particularly prolonged activation because of time pressure and overtime hinders relaxation during off-job time, whereas other job stressors do not necessarily result in prolonged activation but impede other aspects of recovery by depleting self-regulatory resources (Sonnentag & Jelden, 2005). Unexpectedly, job stressors were not related to mastery experiences.…”

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The Recovery Experience Questionnaire: Development and validation of a measure for assessing recuperation and unwinding from work.

Sonnentag¹,

Fritz²

2007

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

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Drawing on the mood regulation and job-stress recovery literature, four self-report measures for assessing how individuals unwind and recuperate from work during leisure time were developed (Study 1). Confirmatory factor analyses with a calibration and a cross-validation sample (total N ϭ 930) showed that four recovery experiences can be differentiated: psychological detachment from work, relaxation, mastery, and control (Study 2). Examination of the nomological net in a subsample of Study 2 (N ϭ 271) revealed moderate relations of the recovery experiences with measures of job stressors and psychological well-being; relations with coping and personality variables were generally low (Study 3). Potential applications for the future use of these short 4-item measures in longitudinal and diary research are discussed.

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The Recovery Experience Questionnaire: Development and validation of a measure for assessing recuperation and unwinding from work.

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Fritz²

2007

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“…In addition, it would be interesting to examine the relationship between opportunities for recovery and actual recovery activities. Although it is plausible that opportunities for recovery and actual pursuit of recovery activities are positively related, there might be situations in which individuals do not perform the most successful recovery activities even when time and opportunities for recovery are available (Sonnentag & Jelden, 2005).…”

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Job characteristics and off-job activities as predictors of need for recovery, well-being, and fatigue.

Sonnentag¹,

Zijlstra²

2006

Journal of Applied Psychology

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Two empirical studies examined need for recovery (i.e., a person's desire to be temporarily relieved from demands in order to restore his or her resources) as a mediator in the relationship between poor job characteristics (high job demands, low job control) and high off-job demands, on the one hand, and fatigue and poor individual well-being, on the other hand. Multilevel data from a daily survey study in the health service sector (Study 1) showed that high job demands, low job control, and unfavorable off-job activities predicted a high need for recovery. Need for recovery in turn was negatively related to individual well-being. A large-scale survey with a representative sample of the Dutch working population (Study 2) confirmed these findings for fatigue. In both studies, need for recovery mediated the effects of job characteristics and off-job activities on fatigue and poor well-being, respectively.

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The Recovery Paradox: Why We Don't Exercise After Stressful Days

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The Recovery Experience Questionnaire: Development and validation of a measure for assessing recuperation and unwinding from work.

The Recovery Experience Questionnaire: Development and validation of a measure for assessing recuperation and unwinding from work.

Job characteristics and off-job activities as predictors of need for recovery, well-being, and fatigue.

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