Applying the Affective Events Theory to Explore the Effect of Daily Micro-Interruptions on Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Affect and the Moderating Role of Pets at Work.

IF 2.9 4区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY
Ana Junça Silva
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Abstract

This study relied on the affective events theory and the social exchange theory to develop a framework that explains how situational factors (daily micro-interruptions) enhance affective reactions (negative affect) and, in turn, impair health conditions (mental health) at work. We further delineate theoretical arguments to propose the pet-human's health effect by demonstrating that pets are boundary conditions that attenuate this relation, and as such are protective conditions for employees' mental health. We conducted a 5-day diary study with two groups of participants, one with participants who owned pets (N = 82 x 5 = 410), and the other who did not own pets (N = 87 x 5 = 435). The multilevel results showed an indirect effect of daily micro-interruptions on individuals' mental health through negative affect, with a daily backdrop of poorer mental health for those who did not own a pet (compared to those who owned a pet). These results evidence the benefits of owning a pet for individuals' mental health, even at work, and as such provide recommendations for teleworking practices. Moreover, this study resorts to an innovative and robust data collection method to demonstrate the pet-human' health effect. This study expands knowledge on the role of pets in working daily routines and shows that pets may be a personal resource for individuals while working.

应用情感事件理论探讨日常微干扰对心理健康的影响:情感的中介作用和工作中的宠物的调节作用。
本研究以情感事件理论和社会交换理论为基础,建立了一个框架来解释情境因素(日常微干扰)如何增强情感反应(负面情感),进而损害工作中的健康状况(心理健康)。通过证明宠物是减弱这种关系的边界条件,并因此成为员工心理健康的保护条件,我们进一步阐述了提出宠物-人类健康效应的理论论据。我们对两组参与者进行了为期 5 天的日记研究,一组是拥有宠物的参与者(N = 82 x 5 = 410),另一组是没有宠物的参与者(N = 87 x 5 = 435)。多层次结果显示,日常微干扰会通过负面情绪对个人心理健康产生间接影响,与拥有宠物的人相比,没有宠物的人每天的心理健康状况较差。这些结果证明了养宠物对个人心理健康的益处,即使在工作中也是如此,从而为远程办公实践提供了建议。此外,本研究还采用了一种创新而稳健的数据收集方法来证明宠物对人类健康的影响。这项研究拓展了人们对宠物在日常工作中的作用的认识,并表明宠物可能是个人在工作时的一种个人资源。
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Spanish Journal of Psychology
Spanish Journal of Psychology Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
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44
期刊介绍: The Spanish Journal of Psychology is published with the aim of promoting the international dissemination of relevant empirical research and theoretical and methodological proposals in the various areas of specialization within psychology. The first Spanish journal with an international scope published entirely in English.
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