Thinking About Thinking About Work: A Meta-Analysis of Off-Job Positive and Negative Work-Related Thoughts

Jimenez, William P.; Hu, Xiaoxiao; Xu, Xiaohong

doi:10.1007/s10869-021-09742-7

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“…Moreover, fatigue should be related to higher levels of affective rumination. Recent empirical findings regarding reciprocal relationships between low psychological detachment and its expected outcomes demonstrate that higher strain levels may influence ruminative thoughts in the evening (Jimenez et al, 2022;Wendsche et al, 2021). Fatigue is a state common to human life and is often characterized by low mood, unfocused mental states, or unpleasant bodily states (Hockey, 2013).…”

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“…Affective rumination, for example, has been linked to sleep impairments (Syrek et al, 2017), higher fatigue, and lower levels of vigor in the evening (Minnen et al, 2021) as well as health complaints and emotional exhaustion (Firoozabadi et al, 2018a) in cross-sectional, longitudinal, and diary studies. A recent meta-analysis further confirmed that affective rumination, which is categorized as "work-related thoughts and associated feelings, " is related to lower wellbeing and higher health complaints (Jimenez et al, 2022). Therefore, it is crucial to understand what leads to affective rumination to effectively prevent its occurrence.…”

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“…Negative work-related thoughts during non-work time hinder recovery from work-related stress ( Wendsche et al, 2021 ; Jimenez et al, 2022 ). Affective rumination, for example, has been linked to sleep impairments ( Syrek et al, 2017 ), higher fatigue, and lower levels of vigor in the evening ( Minnen et al, 2021 ) as well as health complaints and emotional exhaustion ( Firoozabadi et al, 2018a ) in cross-sectional, longitudinal, and diary studies.…”

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“…It refers to negative emotional reactions to work-related thoughts ( Weigelt et al, 2019 ). It is also associated with recovery experiences and outcomes above the positively valenced form of work-related rumination ( Querstret and Cropley, 2012 ; Syrek et al, 2017 ; Wendsche et al, 2021 ; Jimenez et al, 2022 ). Weigelt et al (2019) demonstrated that affective rumination is a unique concept associated with higher burnout and lower vitality.…”

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Being Tired or Having Much Left Undone: The Relationship Between Fatigue and Unfinished Tasks With Affective Rumination and Vitality in Beginning Teachers

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The present diary study was conducted for the purpose of bridging and integrating empirical research on the antecedents and consequences of work-related ruminative processes in the evening. Based on the control theory, unfinished tasks and fatigue in the afternoon were considered as antecedents of affective rumination, while vitality was investigated as the outcome observed in the next morning to test for cyclical processes. During a 5-day diary study (including 3 weekdays and the weekend), 74 beginning teachers completed three diary entries per day. A total of 795 diary entries were obtained. Using multilevel structural equation modeling, the study supported that both fatigue and unfinished tasks explained unique shares of variance of affective rumination in the evening at the between- and within-person levels. Furthermore, affective rumination mediated the relationship between unfinished tasks and vitality as well as fatigue and vitality. However, this only held true at the between- and not the within-person level, as neither affective rumination nor fatigue and unfinished tasks predicted the following morning’s vitality at this level. The results offer insights into the antecedents of affective rumination and add to extant research on the negative consequences of affective rumination considering vitality as an outcome.

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“…So far, metaanalytic findings with data from various occupations support the assumptions of the SDM. Psychological detachment from work negatively relates to work-related stressors and positively relates to indicators of wellbeing and physical and mental health [17][18][19][20], see also [21] for a summary). However, a recent review found that only a few studies investigated psychological detachment among teachers and called for more fine-grained study approaches in this profession [22].…”

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Difficulties detaching psychologically from work among German teachers: prevalence, risk factors and health outcomes within a cross-sectional and national representative employee survey

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Background Teachers often face high job demands that might elicit strong stress responses. This can increase risks of adverse strain outcomes such as mental and physical health impairment. Psychological detachment has been suggested as a recovery experience that counteracts the stressor-strain relationship. However, psychological detachment is often difficult when job demands are high. The aims of this study were, first, to gain information on the prevalence of difficulties detaching from work among German teachers, second, to identify potential person-related/individual (i.e., age, sex), occupational (e.g., tenure, leadership position), and work-related (e.g., overload, cognitive, emotional, and physical demands) risk factors and, third, to examine relationships with mental and physical health impairment and sickness absence. Methods A secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from a national and representative survey of German employees was conducted (BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey 2018). For the analyses data from two groups of teachers (primary/secondary school teachers: n = 901, other teachers: n = 641) were used and compared with prevalence estimates of employees from other occupations (n = 16,266). Results Primary/secondary school teachers (41.5%) and other teachers (30.3%) reported more difficulties detaching from work than employees from other occupations (21.3%). Emotional demands and deadline/performance pressure were the most severe risk factors in both groups of teachers. In the group of primary/secondary school teachers multitasking demands were further risk factors for difficulties to detach from work whereas support from colleagues reduced risks. In both groups of teachers detachment difficulties can be linked to an increase in psychosomatic and musculoskeletal complaints and, additionally, to a higher risk of sickness absence among primary/secondary school teachers. Conclusions Difficulties detaching from work are highly prevalent among German teachers. In order to protect them from related risks of health impairment, interventions are needed which aim at optimizing job demands and contextual resources (i.e., work-directed approaches) or at improving coping strategies (i.e., person-directed approaches).

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Identifying forms of after‐hours information communication technology use and their role in psychological detachment: An episodic approach

Chen,

Conroy,

Crain

2024

Human Resource Management

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Employees increasingly conduct work outside of traditional work hours via information communication technologies (ICTs). There is a need to understand how after‐hours ICT use relates to well‐being, given that such connectivity has become unavoidable. We implement an episodic, event‐contingent design to evaluate the association between different ICT media (i.e., e‐mail, phone call, chat app, short message service) and the within‐person outcomes of psychological detachment as partially mediated by task productivity. A daily diary survey was collected over three consecutive workdays to capture after‐hours ICT use. Daily surveys were completed by 498 individuals, with a total of 1494 episodes being captured of after‐hours work ICT engagement. Our results indicate that while engagement with any form of ICT after hours reduces psychological detachment, email and chat apps are associated with the lowest levels of psychological detachment. Moreover, whereas the use of asynchronous ICT has positive main effects on episode‐related task productivity, the use of synchronous ICT (e.g., phone) only enhances episode‐related task productivity when there are high organizational expectations for employees' responsiveness after hours.

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Thinking About Thinking About Work: A Meta-Analysis of Off-Job Positive and Negative Work-Related Thoughts

Cited by 39 publications

References 190 publications

Being Tired or Having Much Left Undone: The Relationship Between Fatigue and Unfinished Tasks With Affective Rumination and Vitality in Beginning Teachers

Being Tired or Having Much Left Undone: The Relationship Between Fatigue and Unfinished Tasks With Affective Rumination and Vitality in Beginning Teachers

Difficulties detaching psychologically from work among German teachers: prevalence, risk factors and health outcomes within a cross-sectional and national representative employee survey

Identifying forms of after‐hours information communication technology use and their role in psychological detachment: An episodic approach

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