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Psychological Detachment From Work During Leisure Time: The Benefits of Mentally Disengaging From Work
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Psychological detachment from work during leisure time refers to a state in which people mentally disconnect from work and do not think about job-related issues when they are away from their job. Empirical research has shown that employees who experience more detachment from work during off-hours are more satisfied with their lives and experience fewer symptoms of psychological strain, without being less engaged while at work. Studies have demonstrated that fluctuations in individuals’ psychological detachment from work can explain fluctuations in their affective states, and have identified positive relations between detachment from work during off-hours and job performance. Trait negative affectivity, high involvement in one’s job, job stressors, and poor environmental conditions are negatively related to psychological detachment from work during off-job time.
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“the employees working in these organisations experienced the ability to psychologically detach from work (Sonnentag, 2012, Dettmers, 2017).”
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“Extensive time spent engaged in work activities suggests that faculty may have little time to psychologically or physically disengage from work, a key element necessary for recovery (Sonnentag, 2012; Sonnentag et al., 2017).”
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“avoidance or emotionfocused coping may be adaptive in the short term, because it creates opportunities for recoveryand consequently more effective (re)appraisal of the stressor (Sonnentag, 2012).”
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“the research evidence indicates that when employees are exposed to high job demands and experience high levels of job strain, they are less likely to engage in recovery activities and less able to recuperate (e.g., Kinnunen & Feldt, 2013;Sonnentag, 2012).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sonnentag, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Mannheim (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Sonnentag, Sabine
- ORCID
- Sonnentag, Sabine
- Venue
- Current Directions in Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2012-03-20
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 114-118
- ISSN
- 0963-7214 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8721
- OpenAlex
- W2562290388
- Cited by
- 397
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 41 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 33 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 25.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Directions in Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Keywords
- psychological detachment, leisure, work-life boundaries, life satisfaction, psychological strain, work engagement, affective states, employee performance, negative affectivity, job involvement, occupational stressors, environmental factors
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