Psychological detachment as moderator between psychosocial work conditions and low back pain development

Mierswa, Tobias; Kellmann, Michael

doi:10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00861

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“…This lower LBP risk was also found for those employees with higher recovery scores (RSG-3, RSG-4) in the present study. Likewise, the higher LBP risk of employees with a high stress state (RSG-1) is in line with the theoretical considerations and previous results [16,41,42]. Athletes with a high stress state showed a higher risk of injury and illness in previous studies [43,44] and employees confronted with high work demands developed LBP more often [1,2,45,46].…”

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Differences in low back pain occurrence over a 6-month period between four recovery-stress groups

Mierswa

Kellmann

2017

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Differences in low back pain occurrence over a 6-month period between four recovery-stress groups

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Kellmann

2017

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“…Therefore, according to our results, it is necessary to strengthen potential job resources with the power to reduce adverse (physical) effects of high job demands [85]. This concerns task-level and interpersonal-level work factors such as time and method control and opportunities for social support but also time to recover from work [86]. For instance, a recent meta-analysis showed that even paid within-shift breaks reduce employees’ physical discomfort and increase their well-being and task-performance [87].…”

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“…For instance, a recent meta-analysis showed that even paid within-shift breaks reduce employees’ physical discomfort and increase their well-being and task-performance [87]. Moreover, increasing employees’ psychological detachment from work seems to be a helpful recovery process for preventing physical discomfort and back pain [86, 88]. In sum, participatory and organizational-focused interventions could serve as an important complement to the widely used individual-level measures [89, 90] to reduce the risk of CLBP.…”

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Psychosocial areas of worklife and chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Buruck

Tomaschek

Wendsche

et al. 2019

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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BackgroundThe aim of this review was to synthesize the evidence on the potential relationship between psychosocial work factors from the Areas of Worklife (AW) model (workload, job control, social support, reward, fairness, and values) and chronic low back pain (CLBP; unspecific pain in the lumbar region lasting 3 months or longer).MethodsWe conducted a systematic literature search of studies in Medline, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and CINAHL (1987 to 2018). Three authors independently assessed eligibility and quality of studies. In this meta-analysis, we pooled studies’ effect sizes using a random-effects model approach and report sample size weighted mean Odds Ratios (ORs).ResultsData from 18 studies (N = 19,572) was included in the analyses. We found no studies investigating associations between fairness or values and CLBP. CLBP was significantly positively related to workload (OR = 1.32) and significantly negatively related to overall job control (OR = 0.81), decision authority (OR = 0.72), and two measures of social support (ORs = 0.75 to 0.78), even in prospective studies. Skill discretion and reward did not significantly relate to CLBP. Moderation analyses revealed several variables (e.g., exposure time, mean age and sex) affecting these relationships.ConclusionsOur results support employees’ workload, job control, and social support as predictors of CLBP. In this line, these work factors should be considered when developing programs to prevent chronic low back pain. Future studies should apply measures of CLBP that are more precise, and investigate the full areas of work life (AW) factors in combination.

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“…As revealed in the analysis of these effects, psychological detachment can merge with high emotional resources to reduce the level of burnout (as indicated in Table ). Previous results of the moderating role of psychological detachment on the relationship between job stressors and strains remained inconsistent (for review, see Mierswa & Kellmann, ; Sonnentag & Fritz, ). However, our findings suggested that psychological detachment has a compensatory effect on a positive working condition (i.e., emotional resources), preventing individuals from experiencing psychological strain.…”

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The role of psychological detachment in burnout and depression: A longitudinal study of Malaysian workers

Nasharudin

Idris

Loh

et al. 2020

Scandinavian J Psychology

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Muhamad Nasharudin, N. A., Idris, M. A., Loh, M. Y. & Tuckey, M. (2020). The role of psychological detachment in burnout and depression: A longitudinal study of Malaysian workers. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 61, 423-435.The current study aimed to examine the role of psychological detachment in the relationship between working conditions and burnout and depression. First, the study proposed that job demands would increase burnout after four months but not depression. Second, it proposed that psychological detachment would moderate the impact of job demands and job resources on burnout and depression. Third, it was proposed that the interaction between job demands, job resources and psychological detachment would predict burnout and depression. The longitudinal study design involved 345 workers (at both Time 1 and Time 2). The hierarchical regression analysis showed that increasing psychological detachment reduced the negative relationship between physical demands and depression four months later. In contrast, high psychological detachment increased the negative association between emotional resources and burnout, but not between emotional resources and depression. Overall, this study, in its discovery of the impact of working conditions on psychological health, has made a new contribution to psychological detachment studies by using different sub-constructs of job demands and job resources (i.e., emotional and physical) with four-month gaps, as previous studies did not address the impact within this time frame.

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Psychological detachment as moderator between psychosocial work conditions and low back pain development

Cited by 6 publications

References 61 publications

Differences in low back pain occurrence over a 6-month period between four recovery-stress groups

Differences in low back pain occurrence over a 6-month period between four recovery-stress groups

Psychosocial areas of worklife and chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The role of psychological detachment in burnout and depression: A longitudinal study of Malaysian workers

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