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Erschienen in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 8/2011

01.12.2011 | Original Article

Identifying patterns of recovery experiences and their links to psychological outcomes across one year

verfasst von: Marjo Siltaloppi, Ulla Kinnunen, Taru Feldt, Asko Tolvanen

Erschienen in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health | Ausgabe 8/2011

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Abstract

Purpose

The main aim of this study was to examine patterns of recovery experiences (i.e., psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery and control during off-job time) and their links to psychological outcomes (job burnout, work engagement and sleep problems) across 1 year.

Methods

The study is based on 1-year longitudinal data collected among Finnish employees (n = 274) using questionnaires. First, patterns of recovery experiences, that is, subgroups of employees with unique and distinctive patterns of mean-level stability and change in recovery experiences across 1 year were identified using Latent Profile Analysis. Second, differences in psychological outcomes between the patterns identified were investigated by means of ANOVA/ANCOVA for repeated measures.

Results

Five patterns of recovery experiences were identified. Over 70% of the employees belonged to a pattern with reasonably high stable levels of all four recovery experiences across the 1-year follow-up. This pattern seemed to suffer least from job burnout and sleep problems. Of the four remaining patterns, those with experiences of high levels of mastery and control during off-job time had highest work engagement, and among those with decreasing levels of all recovery experiences job exhaustion increased across time.

Conclusions

Patterns of recovery experiences play a significant role in maintaining long-term psychological well-being.
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Metadaten
Titel
Identifying patterns of recovery experiences and their links to psychological outcomes across one year
verfasst von
Marjo Siltaloppi
Ulla Kinnunen
Taru Feldt
Asko Tolvanen
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2011
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health / Ausgabe 8/2011
Print ISSN: 0340-0131
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1246
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-011-0672-1

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