The power of acceptance: How and when acceptance influences anxiety and performance at work.

IF 5.9 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology Pub Date : 2025-04-21 DOI:10.1037/ocp0000398

Yaxian Zhou,Bonnie Hayden Cheng

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Abstract

Acceptance research in the organizational sciences has shown that practicing acceptance can reduce anxiety and enhance performance at work. Our research aims to deepen understanding of these effects by considering how and when acceptance influences work anxiety and performance. We integrate cognitive resource allocation theory with workplace mindfulness and acceptance research to develop a model in which acceptance lessens work anxiety and improves work performance via cognitive resource crafting. Further extending the model, we investigate chronic time pressure as a moderator dampening the positive effect of acceptance on cognitive resource crafting. Across four studies (Study 1: experiment; Study 2: 1-day between-person study; Study 3: 5-day experience-sampling study; Study 4: 10-day experimental experience-sampling study), we found support for our hypothesized model. We discuss theoretical and practical implications regarding how and when to effectively utilize acceptance to promote workplace well-being and performance. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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接受的力量：接受如何以及何时影响工作中的焦虑和表现。

组织科学中的接受研究表明，实践接受可以减少焦虑，提高工作表现。我们的研究旨在通过考虑接受如何以及何时影响工作焦虑和表现来加深对这些影响的理解。我们将认知资源分配理论与工作场所正念和接受研究相结合，开发了一个模型，在这个模型中，接受通过认知资源制作来减少工作焦虑并提高工作绩效。进一步扩展该模型，我们研究了慢性时间压力作为抑制接受对认知资源制作的积极影响的调节因素。在四项研究中(研究1：实验；研究2：为期1天的人间研究；研究3：为期5天的经验抽样研究；研究4：为期10天的实验经验抽样研究)，我们发现了我们假设模型的支持。我们讨论了如何以及何时有效地利用接受来促进工作场所的幸福感和绩效的理论和实践意义。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Journal of Occupational Health Psychology Multiple-

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8.20

自引率

5.90%

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期刊介绍： Journal of Occupational Health Psychology offers research, theory, and public policy articles in occupational health psychology, an interdisciplinary field representing a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and specializations. Occupational health psychology concerns the application of psychology to improving the quality of work life and to protecting and promoting the safety, health, and well-being of workers. This journal focuses on the work environment, the individual, and the work-family interface.