TY  - JOUR
A1  - Muschalla, Beate
T1  - Work-anxiety-coping intervention improves work-coping perception while a recreational intervention leads to deterioration
BT  - results from a randomized controlled trial
JF  - European journal of work and organizational psychology : the official journal of The European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology
N2  - Work-anxieties are costly and need early intervention. The perception of being able to cope with work is a basic requirement for work ability. This randomized controlled trial investigates whether a cognitive behavioural, work-anxiety-coping group (WAG) intervention leads to better work-coping perception than an unspecific recreational group (RG). Heterogeneous people in medical rehabilitation, who were due to return to work, were interviewed concerning their work-anxieties, and either randomly assigned to a WAG (n=85) or a RG (n=95). The participants (with an average of 50years old [range 23-64]; 51% women; 70% workers or employees, 25% academics, 5% unskilled) followed the group intervention for four or six sessions. The perceived work-coping was assessed by self-rating (Inventory for Job-Coping and Return Intention JoCoRi) after each group session. Although participants had a slight temporary decrease in work-coping after group session two (from M-1=2.47 to M-2=2.28, d(Cohen)=-.22), the WAG led to the improvement of perceived work-coping over the intervention course (from M-1=2.47 to M-6=2.65, d(Cohen)=.18). In contrast, participants from the RG reported lower work-coping after six group sessions (from M-1=2.26 to M-6=2.02, d(Cohen)=-.18). It is considered that people with work-anxieties need training in work-coping. By focusing on recreation only, this may lead to deterioration of work-coping. Indeed, intervention designers should be aware of temporary deterioration (side effects) when confronting participants with work-coping.
KW  - Work-anxiety
KW  - work-coping
KW  - return to work
KW  - intervention
KW  - mental health
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2017.1384378
SN  - 1359-432X
SN  - 1464-0643
VL  - 26
IS  - 6
SP  - 858
EP  - 869
PB  - Taylor & Francis
CY  - Abingdon
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sallen, Jeffrey
A1  - Hemming, Karen
A1  - Richartz, Alfred
T1  - Facilitating dual careers by improving resistance to chronic stress
BT  - effects of an intervention programme for elite student athletes
JF  - European journal of sport science : official journal of the European College of Sport Science
N2  - The starting point of this contribution is the potential risk to health and performance from the combination of elite sporting careers with the pursuit of education. In European sport science and politics, structural measures to promote dual careers in elite sports have been discussed increasingly of late. In addition to organisational measures, there are calls for educational-psychological intervention programmes supporting the successful management of dual careers at the individual level. This paper presents an appropriate intervention programme and its evaluation: stress-resistance training for elite athletes (SRT-EA). It comprises 10 units, each lasting 90 minutes. It is intended for athletes and aims to improve their resistance to chronic stress. The evaluation was carried out in a quasi-experimental design, with three points of measurement (baseline, immediately after, and three months after) and two non-randomised groups: an intervention group (n=128) and an untreated control group (n=117). Participants were between 13 and 20 years of age (53.5% male) and represented various Olympic sports. Outcome variables were assessed with questionnaires. Significant short- and mid-term intervention effects were explored. The intervention increased stress-related knowledge, general self-efficacy, and stress sensitivity. Chronic stress level, stress symptoms, and stress reactivity were reduced. In line with the intention of the intervention, the results showed short- and mid-term, small to medium-sized effects. Accordingly, separate measurements at the end of the intervention and three months later showed mostly positive subjective experiences. Thus, the results reinforce the hope that educational-psychological stress-management interventions can support dual careers.
KW  - Chronic stress
KW  - stress-resistance
KW  - elite athletes
KW  - intervention
KW  - evaluation
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2017.1407363
SN  - 1746-1391
SN  - 1536-7290
VL  - 18
IS  - 1
SP  - 112
EP  - 122
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -