Investigating the joint effects of overload and underload on chronic fatigue and wellbeing

IF 5.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Work and Stress Pub Date : 2021-02-23 DOI:10.1080/02678373.2021.1888822

Belinda Cham, D. Andrei, M. Griffin, M. Grech, A. Neal

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Workers in safety critical and 24-hour operating environments face sustained exposure to many stressful situations, ranging from long periods of monotony and boredom, to sudden periods of intense time pressure. This study examines how the combination of overload and underload contributes to fatigue and wellbeing in 943 seafarers. Using latent moderated structural equation modelling, we found that underload showed a stronger association with chronic fatigue and impaired wellbeing, compared to overload. An interaction between overload and underload was also significantly related to psychological wellbeing, with increasing levels of overload weakening the negative relationship between underload and psychological wellbeing. Our research highlights that underload, despite previously not receiving much attention, is an important area of concern. Our findings also underscore the importance of unpacking the joint effects of concurrent job demands, and to consider how certain job demands may help to reduce the negative effects caused by other demands. Where current and future jobs may be subject to a reduction in demands (e.g. automation), it is important to consider how underload may impact worker fatigue and wellbeing.

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研究超载和负荷不足对慢性疲劳和健康的共同影响

摘要：处于安全关键和24小时作业环境中的工人面临着许多压力，从长时间的单调乏味到突然的巨大时间压力。本研究调查了943名海员的过载和欠载组合如何导致疲劳和健康。使用潜在的调节结构方程模型，我们发现与超负荷相比，低负荷与慢性疲劳和健康受损的关系更强。超负荷和低负荷之间的相互作用也与心理健康显著相关，超负荷水平的增加削弱了低负荷和心理健康之间的负面关系。我们的研究强调，尽管之前没有受到太多关注，但欠载是一个重要的关注领域。我们的研究结果还强调了解开并发工作需求的共同影响的重要性，并考虑某些工作需求如何有助于减少其他需求造成的负面影响。当当前和未来的工作可能会受到需求减少的影响（例如自动化）时，重要的是要考虑负荷不足会如何影响工人的疲劳和健康。

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Work and Stress PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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11.70

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3.30%

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期刊介绍： Work & Stress is an international, multidisciplinary quarterly presenting high-quality papers concerned with the psychological, social and organizational aspects of occupational health and well-being, and stress and safety management. It is published in association with the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. The journal publishes empirical reports, scholarly reviews and theoretical papers. It is directed at occupational health psychologists, work and organizational psychologists, those involved with organizational development, and all concerned with the interplay of work, health and organisations. Research published in Work & Stress relates psychologically salient features of the work environment to their psychological, behavioural and health consequences, focusing on the underlying psychological processes. The journal has become a natural home for research on the work-family interface, social relations at work (including topics such as bullying and conflict at work, leadership and organizational support), workplace interventions and reorganizations, and dimensions and outcomes of worker stress and well-being. Such dimensions and outcomes, both positive and negative, include stress, burnout, sickness absence, work motivation, work engagement and work performance. Of course, submissions addressing other topics in occupational health psychology are also welcomed.