@article{MuschallaHenningHaakeetal.2018,
  author    = {Muschalla, Beate and Henning, Anne and Haake, Tim Woody and Cornetz, Kathrin and Olbrich, Dieter},
  title     = {Mental health problem or workplace problem or something else},
  series = {Disability and rehabilitation : an international, multidisciplinary journal},
  volume    = {42},
  journal   = {Disability and rehabilitation : an international, multidisciplinary journal},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group},
  address   = {Abingdon},
  issn      = {0963-8288},
  doi       = {10.1080/09638288.2018.1501099},
  pages     = {502 -- 509},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Purpose: Work perception is an important predictor for work ability and, therefore, of interest for rehabilitation. Until now it is unclear to which extent different psychological aspects explain work perception. This study investigates in which way workplace problems on the one hand, and mental health and coping on the other hand, contribute to work perception. Methods: A heterogeneous sample of 384 persons in working age with and without mental health problems was recruited. Participants gave self-reports on workplace problems, mental health problems, work-coping, work-anxiety, and work perception. Results: Persons with mental health problems and workplace problems (M + W) perceive the highest degree of work demands, followed by persons with workplace problems but without mental health problems (NM + W). Work-anxiety appeared as the strongest factor explaining perception of high work demands, whereas general mental health problems did not contribute significantly to variance explanation. Conclusions: Persons with specific mental health problems in terms of work-anxiety may be expected to perceive higher work demands. They may be detected when asking for work perception, e.g., within the frame of return-to-work interventions in rehabilitation, or in occupational health settings by mental hazard analysis.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MuschallaFayLinden2016,
  author    = {Muschalla, Beate and Fay, Doris and Linden, M.},
  title     = {Self-reported workplace perception as indicators of work anxieties},
  series = {Occupational medicine},
  volume    = {66},
  journal   = {Occupational medicine},
  publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0962-7480},
  doi       = {10.1093/occmed/kqv160},
  pages     = {168 -- 170},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Work anxiety is a potentially disabling mental health problem, which can cause (long-term) sickness absence. In many cases patients do not openly report their anxieties and tend to give externalizing explanations of inner problems. Therefore people with work anxiety may perceive their workplace more negatively than those without such anxiety. To investigate the relation between subjective work description and work anxiety. There were 148 inpatient participants and 8015 general population controls. Patients with work anxiety described their workplace significantly more negatively than patients without work anxiety and employees in the general population, with no differences in workplace descriptions between psychosomatic patients without work anxiety and the general population sample. The type of complaint about work conditions was related to the specific type of work anxiety. Reports about workplace burdens can be indicative of work anxiety and should prompt further in-depth assessments. The content of complaints about work conditions may point to the type of underlying work anxiety.},
  language  = {en}
}