Recovery from Job Stress: The Stressor-Detachment Model as an Integrative Framework

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• Personal Author:
  Sonnentag, Sabine ; Fritz, Charlotte
• Description:
  This 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 within-person 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. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Behavior
  • Mental Health
  • Nervous System
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  • Psychological adaptation
  • Psychological processes
  • Psychological responses
  • Behavior
  • Emotional stress
  • Mental health
  • Mental processes
  • Job stress
  • Longitudinal study
  • Stress analysis
  More +
• ISSN:
  0894-3796
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  32 pdf pages
• Volume:
  36
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048391
• Citation:
  J Organ Behav 2015 Feb; 36(S1):S72-S103
• Email:
  sonnentag@uni-mannheim.de
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• End Date:
  20250630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203151/cdc_203151_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.10 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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