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Elucidating the Role of Recovery Experiences in the Job Demands-Resources Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Bernardo Moreno-Jiménez ,
Alfredo Rodríguez-Muñoz ,
Ana Isabel Sanz-Vergel  and
Eva Garrosa
Bernardo Moreno-Jiménez*
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
Alfredo Rodríguez-Muñoz
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
Ana Isabel Sanz-Vergel
Affiliation:
IE University
Eva Garrosa
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Bernardo Moreno Jimenez. Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco. Carretera de Colmenar Viejo, Km. 15. 28049 Madrid (Spain). Phone: +34-914975185. Fax: +34-914975215. E-mail: bernardo.moreno@uam.es
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Abstract

Based on the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, the current study examined the moderating role of recovery experiences (i.e., psychological detachment from work, relaxation, mastery experiences, and control over leisure time) on the relationship between one job demand (i.e., role conflict) and work-and health-related outcomes. Results from our sample of 990 employees from Spain showed that psychological detachment from work and relaxation buffered the negative impact of role conflict on some of the proposed outcomes. Contrary to our expectations, we did not find significant results for mastery and control regarding moderating effects. Overall, findings suggest a differential pattern of the recovery experiences in the health impairment process proposed by the JD-R model.

El estudio que aquí se presenta se fundamenta en el modelo de Demandas-Recursos Laborales y se centra en el análisis de las experiencias de recuperación (distanciamiento psicológico, relajación, búsqueda de retos y ocio) como moderadoras de la relación entre las demandas laborales (conflicto de rol) y la salud relacionada con el trabajo. Los resultados obtenidos con una muestra laboral española de 990 trabajadores muestra que el distanciamiento psicológico y la relajación median el impacto negativo del conflicto de rol en las medidas propuestas. Contrariamente a los resultados esperados, no se encontraron resultados significativos para las variables de recuperación, mastery y ocio. En general, los resultados sugieren un patrón diferencial de las experiencias de recuperación en el proceso de salud propuesto por el modelo de Demandas-Recursos Laborales.

Keywords

job demandsrecoveryhealthwell-beingdemandas laboralesrecuperaciónsaludbienestar
Type
Research Article
Information
The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , July 2012 , pp. 659 - 669
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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