ABSTRACT
Although sports activities are generally considered beneficial to people's health and well-being, they can cause injuries and increased fatigue. Guided by the Demand-Induced Strain Compensation Recovery Model, this study hypothesized that physical recovery and mental detachment from sport-related activities would prevent injury and enhance mental energy. A cross-sectional survey study was conducted among 161 recreational athletes. Structural equation modelling analyses showed that mental detachment was negatively associated with injury and positively associated with mental energy. Sleep deprivation partially mediated the relation between mental detachment and mental energy. These findings imply an important role for mental detachment in maintaining people's health and well-being.
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Athletes/psychology , Athletic Injuries/complications , Athletic Injuries/psychology , Sleep Deprivation/complications , Sleep Deprivation/psychology , Sports/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Athletes/statistics & numerical data , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Sports/statistics & numerical data , Surveys and Questionnaires , Young AdultABSTRACT
La sostenibilidad de la fuerza laboral es de vital importancia para la viabilidad y la ventaja competitiva de las organizaciones contemporáneas. Así, y en paralelo con el surgimiento de la Psicología Organizacional Positiva, las organizaciones han incrementado su interés en fomentar el bienestar psicológico positivo de sus empleados. En este trabajo, las intervenciones de amplificación -i-e. intervenciones que tienen como objetivo fomentar el bienestar positivo en el trabajo - se presentan como una herramienta valiosa para incrementar la sostenibilidad de la fuerza laboral. En la pasada década, se han desarrollado y probado la efectividad de algunas intervenciones realizadas en el contexto laboral centradas en la amplificación. En el presente trabajo, en primer lugar destacamos algunas precondiciones importantes para el éxito de las intervenciones y brevemente discutimos el proceso de intervención en sí mismo. A continuación, se presenta una revisión de los trabajos empíricos sobre las intervenciones de amplificación, centrándonos en intervenciones que tienen como objetivo fomentar el engagement en el trabajo de los empleados. La investigación futura debe centrarse en probar los efectos de este tipo de intervenciones sobre los resultados a nivel de equipo y a nivel organizacional
Workforce sustainability is of vital utmost importance for the viability and competitive advantage of contemporary organizations. Therefore, and in parallel with the rise of positive organizational psychology, organizations have become increasingly interested in how to enhance their employees positive psychological well being. In this paper, amplition interventions - i.e. interventions aimed at enhancing positive work-related well being - are presented as a valuable tool to increase workforce sustainability. In the past decade, some work-related interventions focused on amplition have been developed and tested for their effectiveness. In this paper, we will first outline some important preconditions for successful interventions and briefly discuss the intervention process itself. Next, we will give an overview of empirical work on amplition interventions, focusing on interventions that are aimed at enhancing employee work engagement. Future research should focus on testing the effects of this type of interventions on outcomes at the team and organizational level
