@article{Muschalla2016,
  author    = {Muschalla, Beate},
  title     = {Negative work perception not changed in a short work-anxiety-coping group therapy intervention},
  series = {International journal of occupational and environmental health},
  volume    = {22},
  journal   = {International journal of occupational and environmental health},
  publisher = {Frontiers Research Foundation},
  address   = {Abingdon},
  issn      = {1077-3525},
  doi       = {10.1080/10773525.2016.1238663},
  pages     = {321 -- 324},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Background: Work anxiety is often associated with long-term sick leave and requires early intervention. Work anxieties are associated with negative work perception. Therefore, one aim in early intervention is a cognitive reframing of dysfunctional perceptions of workplace characteristics. Methods: A psychotherapeutic specialist conducted two group programs of four sessions each. One hundred twenty-three rehabilitation in-patients with work anxieties were randomly assigned either to a work anxiety-coping group or to a recreational group. The Short Questionnaire for Work Analysis (KFZA) was administered before and after the group treatment to measure perceptions of working conditions. Results: Participants from the work anxiety-coping group did not see their work in a significantly more positive light at the end of the intervention compared to participants from the recreational group. Conclusions: A short work anxiety-coping group did not initiate a consistent positive re-appraisal of work. Employers and occupational physicians should not expect positive changes of work perception when an employee returns from short medical rehabilitation including work-directed treatment. Additional support from the workplace must be considered, e.g. employer-physician-employee conversation preceding return to work, or (temporary) work adjustment.},
  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}
}