title: Social Stressors at Work, Sleep, and Recovery.
abstract: Many employees in service work are required to work on Saturdays, recovering during work-free Sundays and working again Mondays. We examined the effects of social stressors at work on recovery status at Sunday noon and Monday noon, and investigated if sleep quality mediates the negative effects of social stressors at work on recovery. From Saturday until Monday morning, 41 participants wore actigraphs to measure sleep duration and sleep fragmentation. Social stressors at work were assessed by self-reported questionnaires administered on Saturday. Recovery status was reported Sunday noon and Monday noon. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that social stressors at work were negatively related to recovery status on Sunday and on Monday. Supporting our assumptions, more social stressors at work predicted higher sleep fragmentation in the night to Monday. A mediation effect of sleep quality, however, was not found. Theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, 3012, Bern, Switzerland. achim.elfering@psy.unibe.ch.|National Centre of Competence in Research, Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, CISA, Geneva, Switzerland. achim.elfering@psy.unibe.ch.
authors.forename: Achim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elfering
mesh_terms: D056044:Actigraphy; D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Diary; Sleep actigraphy; Sleep duration; Sleep fragmentation; Social stressors