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Cortés-Denia D, Isoard-Gautheur S, Lopez-Zafra E, Pulido-Martos M. Effects of vigor at work and weekly physical activity on job stress and mental health. Sci Rep 2022; 12:16025. [PMID: 36163389 PMCID: PMC9512780 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-19966-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
This study explores the role of personal resources, specifically vigor at work (a positive affect generated by the ongoing interactions in the workplace) and weekly physical activity (PA), in the stress-mental health relationship, given the positive relationships found between PA and levels of vigor experienced on health. Thus, we hypothesized that vigor at work would mediate the relationship between job stress and workers' mental health, whereas weekly PA would moderate the relationship between stress and vigor at work. Five hundred and twenty-seven workers completed self-report scales for stress, weekly PA, vigor at work, and mental health. The results showed that vigor at work was related to better mental health, whereas stress was related to high psychological problems and low vigor at work. The interaction between stress and weekly PA on vigor was significant, indicating a counterproductive effect of weekly PA. Specifically, the negative relationship between stress and vigor at work was greater when doing weekly PA. In this vein, high levels of weekly PA would not have a favorable impact when workers experience high levels of stress, consuming part of vigor at work and reducing the positive effect of vigor at work on mental health by coping with stress.
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- Daniel Cortés-Denia
- Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Sciences of Education, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain.
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- Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Sciences of Education, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Sciences of Education, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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Kiema-Junes H, Saarinen A, Korpelainen R, Kangas M, Ala-Mursula L, Pyky R, Hintsanen M. More Physical Activity, More Work Engagement? A Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study. J Occup Environ Med 2022; 64:541-549. [PMID: 35260539 PMCID: PMC9301987 DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the role of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SED) for work engagement. METHODS We used data from Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study ( n = 3046 to 4356) to analyze self-reported weekly leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), daily leisure-time sitting time (LTST) and work engagement. PA and SED 24-hour were also measured with accelerometer for 14 days. The data were analyzed using linear regression analyses. RESULTS High self-reported LTPA and sports participation were associated with higher work engagement and its subdimensions. High self-reported ST was associated with lower work engagement, vigor, and absorption. Accelerometer-measured light PA was associated with higher work engagement and vigor, and accelerometermeasured steps were linked to higher vigor. Accelerometer-measured SED was associated with lower work engagement, vigor, and dedication. CONCLUSIONS Self-reported and accelerometer-measured PA and SED may play a role in people's work engagement.
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- Heli Kiema-Junes
- From the Unit of Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Kiema-Junes and Dr Hintsanen); Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (Dr Saarinen); Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Oulu Deaconess Institute Foundation sr, Oulu, Finland; Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu and University of Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Korpelainen and Dr Pyky); Northern Finland Birth Cohorts, Arctic Biobank, Infrastructure for Population Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Kangas); Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Ala-Mursula)
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- From the Unit of Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Kiema-Junes and Dr Hintsanen); Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (Dr Saarinen); Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Oulu Deaconess Institute Foundation sr, Oulu, Finland; Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu and University of Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Korpelainen and Dr Pyky); Northern Finland Birth Cohorts, Arctic Biobank, Infrastructure for Population Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Kangas); Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Ala-Mursula)
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- From the Unit of Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Kiema-Junes and Dr Hintsanen); Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (Dr Saarinen); Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Oulu Deaconess Institute Foundation sr, Oulu, Finland; Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu and University of Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Korpelainen and Dr Pyky); Northern Finland Birth Cohorts, Arctic Biobank, Infrastructure for Population Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Kangas); Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Ala-Mursula)
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- From the Unit of Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Kiema-Junes and Dr Hintsanen); Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (Dr Saarinen); Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Oulu Deaconess Institute Foundation sr, Oulu, Finland; Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu and University of Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Korpelainen and Dr Pyky); Northern Finland Birth Cohorts, Arctic Biobank, Infrastructure for Population Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Kangas); Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Ala-Mursula)
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- From the Unit of Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Kiema-Junes and Dr Hintsanen); Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (Dr Saarinen); Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Oulu Deaconess Institute Foundation sr, Oulu, Finland; Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu and University of Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Korpelainen and Dr Pyky); Northern Finland Birth Cohorts, Arctic Biobank, Infrastructure for Population Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Kangas); Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Ala-Mursula)
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- From the Unit of Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Kiema-Junes and Dr Hintsanen); Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (Dr Saarinen); Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Oulu Deaconess Institute Foundation sr, Oulu, Finland; Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu and University of Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Korpelainen and Dr Pyky); Northern Finland Birth Cohorts, Arctic Biobank, Infrastructure for Population Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Kangas); Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Ala-Mursula)
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- From the Unit of Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Kiema-Junes and Dr Hintsanen); Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (Dr Saarinen); Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Oulu Deaconess Institute Foundation sr, Oulu, Finland; Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu and University of Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Korpelainen and Dr Pyky); Northern Finland Birth Cohorts, Arctic Biobank, Infrastructure for Population Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Kangas); Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (Dr Ala-Mursula)
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Kabo F. Overcoming the liability of distance? An exploratory study of the associations between social networks, sense of community and spatial colocation. JOURNAL OF CORPORATE REAL ESTATE 2021. [DOI: 10.1108/jcre-10-2020-0055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to examine the associations of social networks with the sense of community (SOC) construct and spatial colocation or having an office. The study site was an institute for health-care policy research formed in 2011 by bringing together scientists from more than 20 different university units. Only 30% of the scientists were had an office or physical presence at the institute. Therefore, the institute was an ideal site to examine whether SOC was correlated with different dimensions of network position – connectedness, reachability and brokerage – even when the authors account for the lack of spatial colocation for the off-site scientists.
Design/methodology/approach
A two-part (sociometric and workplace) internet survey instrument was administered in 2014 to the institute’s population of 411 individuals. The sociometric data were used to create an undirected interaction network and the following dependent variables (DVs) or network centralities: normalized degree to measure connectedness; average reciprocal distance to capture reachability; and normalized betweenness to proxy brokerage. Separate node-level network regressions were then run with random permutations (N = 10,000) and listwise deletion for each of the DVs with SOC and spatial colocation as the independent variables, and variables that controlled for gender, organizational affiliation and job category.
Findings
SOC and spatial colocation are both positively and significantly correlated with network connectedness and reachability. The results suggest that both SOC and spatial colocation have a larger impact on reachability than connectedness. However, neither SOC nor spatial colocation are significantly associated with network brokerage. Finally, the findings show that SOC and spatial colocation are more reliable predictors of network connectedness and reachability than are key individual- and unit-level control variables, specifically the individual’s sex, job category and organizational affiliation. The controls were not significantly associated with any of the three network centralities, namely, connectedness, reachability and brokerage.
Originality/value
This exploratory study used social network analysis and node-level network regressions to examine the associations from SOC and spatial colocation to dimensions of network position. SOC is positively and significantly associated with network connectedness and reachability, suggesting that SOC is an important consideration when individuals are disadvantaged from the absence of spatial colocation. The findings have implications for work in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic as they imply that interventions based on the SOC construct could potentially lessen the negative effects of remote work on workplace social networks due to factors such as the reduction of social contacts.
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