@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}
}
@article{Muschalla2014,
  author    = {Muschalla, Beate},
  title     = {Work-related anxieties in research and practice},
  series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie : german journal of work and organizational psychology},
  volume    = {58},
  journal   = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie : german journal of work and organizational psychology},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Hogrefe},
  address   = {G{\"o}ttingen},
  issn      = {0932-4089},
  doi       = {10.1026/0932-4089/a000166},
  pages     = {206 -- 214},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Workplaces contain by their very nature different anxiety-provoking characteristics. When workplace-related anxieties manifest, absenteeism, long-term-sick leave, and even disability pension can be the consequences. In medical-vocational rehabilitation about 30-60 \% of the patients suffer from workplace-related anxieties that are often a barrier for return to work. Even in mentally healthy employees, 5 \% said that they were prone to ask for a sick leave certificate due to workplace-related anxieties. Future research should focus on workplace-related anxieties not only in rehabilitation, but more earlier, i. e. in the workplace. The concept of workplace-related anxieties offers ideas which can be useful in mental-health-oriented work analysis, employee-workplace-fit, and job design.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{MuschallaHeldmannFay2013,
  author    = {Muschalla, Beate and Heldmann, Madleen and Fay, Doris},
  title     = {The significance of job-anxiety in a working population},
  series = {Occupational medicine},
  volume    = {63},
  journal   = {Occupational medicine},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0962-7480},
  doi       = {10.1093/occmed/kqt072},
  pages     = {415 -- 421},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Background Job-anxiety, as distinguished from trait-anxiety, is associated with long-term sickness absence. The prevalence of job-anxiety within a working population is not known. Identifying individuals who would benefit from intervention might be useful. Aims To investigate job-anxiety in employees not undergoing treatment for mental health illness, firstly by assessing the level of job-anxiety and work-related avoidance tendencies in a working sample, and secondly by testing whether job-anxiety is distinguishable from trait-anxiety. Methods Cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample obtained through personal contact distribution. Employees from different professional settings completed an anonymous questionnaire and provided information on their employment status. The State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T) was used to measure trait-anxiety and the Job-Anxiety-Scale (JAS) was used to assess job (state) anxiety. Results There was a 69\% response rate (240 responses); 188 responses were available for analysis of whom 62\% were women. There were no employees with high trait-anxiety. Ten employees (5\%) reported increased job-anxiety and of these nine employees reported high 'tendencies of avoidance and workplace absence'. Avoidance was most often accompanied by the comorbid job-anxieties 'job-related social anxiety', 'fear of changes at work' and 'fears of existence', 'anticipatory' and 'conditioned' job-anxiety and 'panic symptoms'. Conclusions In this sample, self-reported job-anxiety appeared as a specific type of anxiety as opposed to trait-anxiety. In the workplace job-anxiety can present as job-avoidance and sickness absence and should be distinguished from trait-anxiety. In practice, employers and occupational health practitioners should be aware of those employees prone to sickness absence.},
  language  = {en}
}