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Job stressors and the pursuit of sport activities: a day-level perspective.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19331478     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This article addresses the relation between day-specific experiences of job stressors and the pursuit of off-job activities. Following the limited-resources model of self-regulation, the authors proposed that job stressors and long working hours are negatively related to pursuit of sport activities after work because, after stressful days, employees have no resources left for initiating and persisting in effortful behaviors such as sport. Routines for off-job activities were hypothesized to be positively related to the pursuit of sport activities after work. Seventy-eight police employees completed a daily survey over 5 working days and indicated that they perceive sport to be highly useful for recovery. Random coefficient modeling showed that job stressors (particularly situational constraints) encountered on a specific day were negatively related to self-regulatory resources and to the amount of time spent on sport activities after work, whereas the relation with low-effort activities was positive. Thus, after a stressful day when an effective recovery activity such as sport is highly needed, persons tend to engage less in such an activity.
Authors:
Sabine Sonnentag; Stefanie Jelden
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Multicenter Study    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of occupational health psychology     Volume:  14     ISSN:  1076-8998     ISO Abbreviation:  J Occup Health Psychol     Publication Date:  2009 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-03-31     Completed Date:  2009-06-02     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9612485     Medline TA:  J Occup Health Psychol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  165-81     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University of Konstanz, Department of Psychology, Konstanz, Germany. sabine.sonnentag@uni-konstanz.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Female
Germany
Health Behavior*
Humans
Male
Mental Fatigue / etiology,  psychology
Multivariate Analysis
Occupational Diseases / prevention & control*,  psychology
Police
Social Control, Informal*
Sports*
Stress, Psychological / prevention & control*,  psychology

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