Jessica De Bloom
Biographic Data
| ID | 4268102 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica De Bloom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | De Bloom |
| SIGNATURE | DE BLOOM J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2359-0587 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A new perspective on balancing life domains: Work–nonwork balance crafting
This study provides insights into the antecedents of proactive efforts to balance the complex interplay of life domains. By studying work-nonwork balance crafting, we provide a new perspective on crafting beyond job crafting, which may help maintain or improve employees' mental health and well-being
Integrative review: Vacations and subjective well-being
Leisure engagement plays a key role in individuals’ well-being. While the majority of research focuses on the health and wellness benefits of everyday leisure participation, in recent years, vacation-taking, as an extraordinary leisure type, attracts scholarly interest from various disciplines to investigate how it contributes to individuals’ subjective well-being. Nevertheless, there is still no cohesive understanding of this relationship. In th…
Sense of coherence, off-job crafting, and mental well-being: A path of positive health development
Our study examines the core concept of salutogenesis—sense of coherence (SOC)—in relation to off-job crafting (OJC) and mental well-being (MWB). The original salutogenic model of health mainly addresses the protective function of SOC against adversity. In our study, we focus on the recently proposed path of positive health development that captures how SOC can contribute to positive health and thriving. We present and test our theoretical assumpt…
Being an accountant, cook, entertainer and teacher—all at the same time: Changes in employees' work and work‐related well‐being during the coronavirus ( Covid ‐19) pandemic
In March 2020, the world was hit by the coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) pandemic which led to all‐embracing measures to contain its spread. Most employees were forced to work from home and take care of their children because schools and daycares were closed. We present data from a research project in a large multinational organisation in the Netherlands with monthly quantitative measurements from January to May 2020 ( N = 253–516), enriched with q…
The Role of Off-Job Crafting in Burnout Prevention during Covid-19 Crisis: A Longitudinal Study
The COVID-19 pandemic and remote working challenge employees' possibilities to recover from work during their off-job time. We examined the relationship between off-job crafting and burnout across the COVID-19 crisis. We used a longitudinal research design, comprising one wave collected before the onset of the pandemic, in March 2019 (T1), and one wave collected during the first lockdown of the crisis in April 2020 (T2). We measured the six off-j…
Resilience during Crisis and the Role of Age: Involuntary Telework during the Covid-19 Pandemic
We investigated the relationship between age, resilience, job demands and resources, and self-regulation in 1715 university employees during the COVID-19 pandemic (February 2021) by means of an online survey with closed and open questions. Correlation, regression, and qualitative analyses showed that older employees reported higher resilience than younger employees. This finding was robust after controlling for background factors (i.e., gender, e…
Need Satisfaction and Optimal Functioning at Leisure and Work: A Longitudinal Validation Study of the DRAMMA Model
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in psychological need satisfaction and its role in promoting optimal functioning. The DRAMMA model integrates existing need and recovery models to explain why leisure is connected to optimal functioning (i.e., high well-being and low ill-being). It encompasses six psychological needs: detachment, relaxation, autonomy, mastery, meaning, and affiliation (DRAMMA). While the individual needs of t…
Motives for Crafting Work and Leisure: Focus on Opportunities at Work and Psychological Needs as Drivers of Crafting Efforts
Employees of all ages can proactively shape their behavior to manage modern work-life challenges more effectively and this is known as crafting. Our goal is to better understand employees' motives for engaging in crafting efforts in different life domains to fulfil their psychological needs. In a survey study with two measurement waves, we examined whether "focus on opportunities at work" (FoO)-the extent to which employees believe in new goals a…
Efficacy of a smartphone-based intervention — “Holidaily” — promoting recovery behaviour in workers after a vacation: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
German Clinical Trials Registration DRKS00013650 . Registered retrospectively 15.01.2018
The design and development of a hybrid off-job crafting intervention to enhance needs satisfaction, well-being and performance: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
The Netherlands Trial Register (NTR): NL8219, December 9, 2019. Registered retrospectively. https://www.trialregister.nl/trial/8219
Longitudinal Leisure Activity Profiles and Their Associations with Recovery Experiences and Job Performance
We aimed to identify longitudinal leisure activity profiles among working adults and their links to recovery experiences and job performance. Leisure activities, recovery experiences, and job performance were investigated among 831 employees using survey data collected in spring 2013 (T1) and 2014 (T2). Through latent profile analysis (LPA), four stable longitudinal leisure activity profiles were identified. “Social Sports(wo)men” (46%) engaged i…
Exposure to nature versus relaxation during lunch breaks and recovery from work: Development and design of an intervention study to improve workers’ health, well-being, work performance and creativity
ClinicalTrials.gov Protocol Registration System NCT02124837. Registered 24 April 2014
Vacation from work: A ‘ticket to creativity’
Pre-Vacation Time: Blessing or Burden
Vacationers generally experience higher health and well-being levels than nonvacationers. It is unclear if and how health and well-being levels of vacationers change prior to vacation and what potential determinants are. Our research questions were: (1) How do health and well-being change before vacation? (2) Which factors (i.e., vacation anticipation, pre-vacation workload, and homeload) are associated with health and well-being changes before v…
Self-Monitoring and Linguistic Adaptation
This article explores the role of self-monitoring in the adaptation to different linguistic environments (dialects and foreign languages). An internet study (N = 505) found the motivation and ability of speakers of local German dialects to switch to the German high language (as measured by a specifically developed scale) to be moderately related (r = .24) to their self-monitoring scores. Further analyses found this relationship to be stronger for…
Effects of vacation from work on health and well-being: Lots of fun, quickly gone
Although vacation from work provides a valuable opportunity for recovery, few studies have met the requirements for assessing its effects. These include taking measurements well ahead of the vacation, during the vacation and at several points in time afterwards. Our study on vacation (after-) effects focused on two related questions: (1) Do health and well-being of working individuals improve during a vacation? and (2) How long does a vacation ef…
Do We Recover from Vacation? Meta‐analysis of Vacation Effects on Health and Well‐being
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this meta-analysis is to investigate to what extent vacation has positive effects on health and well-being, how long such effects endure after work resumption, and how specific vacation activities and experiences affect these relationships. METHODS: Based on a systematic literature search (PsycInfo, Medline) and methodological exclusion criteria, in a stepwise approach, 7 studies were selected and reviewed. Effect sizes (Co…
Nintendo Wii vs. Microsoft Xbox: Differential effects on mood, physiology, snacking behavior, and caloric burn
Vacation from work: A ‘ticket to creativity’
Integrative review: Vacations and subjective well-being
Leisure engagement plays a key role in individuals’ well-being. While the majority of research focuses on the health and wellness benefits of everyday leisure participation, in recent years, vacation-taking, as an extraordinary leisure type, attracts scholarly interest from various disciplines to investigate how it contributes to individuals’ subjective well-being. Nevertheless, there is still no cohesive understanding of this relationship. In th…
Pre-Vacation Time: Blessing or Burden
Vacationers generally experience higher health and well-being levels than nonvacationers. It is unclear if and how health and well-being levels of vacationers change prior to vacation and what potential determinants are. Our research questions were: (1) How do health and well-being change before vacation? (2) Which factors (i.e., vacation anticipation, pre-vacation workload, and homeload) are associated with health and well-being changes before v…
Longitudinal Leisure Activity Profiles and Their Associations with Recovery Experiences and Job Performance
We aimed to identify longitudinal leisure activity profiles among working adults and their links to recovery experiences and job performance. Leisure activities, recovery experiences, and job performance were investigated among 831 employees using survey data collected in spring 2013 (T1) and 2014 (T2). Through latent profile analysis (LPA), four stable longitudinal leisure activity profiles were identified. “Social Sports(wo)men” (46%) engaged i…
Nintendo Wii vs. Microsoft Xbox: Differential effects on mood, physiology, snacking behavior, and caloric burn
Do We Recover from Vacation? Meta‐analysis of Vacation Effects on Health and Well‐being
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this meta-analysis is to investigate to what extent vacation has positive effects on health and well-being, how long such effects endure after work resumption, and how specific vacation activities and experiences affect these relationships. METHODS: Based on a systematic literature search (PsycInfo, Medline) and methodological exclusion criteria, in a stepwise approach, 7 studies were selected and reviewed. Effect sizes (Co…
Effects of vacation from work on health and well-being: Lots of fun, quickly gone
Although vacation from work provides a valuable opportunity for recovery, few studies have met the requirements for assessing its effects. These include taking measurements well ahead of the vacation, during the vacation and at several points in time afterwards. Our study on vacation (after-) effects focused on two related questions: (1) Do health and well-being of working individuals improve during a vacation? and (2) How long does a vacation ef…
Self-Monitoring and Linguistic Adaptation
This article explores the role of self-monitoring in the adaptation to different linguistic environments (dialects and foreign languages). An internet study (N = 505) found the motivation and ability of speakers of local German dialects to switch to the German high language (as measured by a specifically developed scale) to be moderately related (r = .24) to their self-monitoring scores. Further analyses found this relationship to be stronger for…
Pre-Vacation Time: Blessing or Burden
Vacationers generally experience higher health and well-being levels than nonvacationers. It is unclear if and how health and well-being levels of vacationers change prior to vacation and what potential determinants are. Our research questions were: (1) How do health and well-being change before vacation? (2) Which factors (i.e., vacation anticipation, pre-vacation workload, and homeload) are associated with health and well-being changes before v…
Exposure to nature versus relaxation during lunch breaks and recovery from work: Development and design of an intervention study to improve workers’ health, well-being, work performance and creativity
ClinicalTrials.gov Protocol Registration System NCT02124837. Registered 24 April 2014
Vacation from work: A ‘ticket to creativity’
Longitudinal Leisure Activity Profiles and Their Associations with Recovery Experiences and Job Performance
We aimed to identify longitudinal leisure activity profiles among working adults and their links to recovery experiences and job performance. Leisure activities, recovery experiences, and job performance were investigated among 831 employees using survey data collected in spring 2013 (T1) and 2014 (T2). Through latent profile analysis (LPA), four stable longitudinal leisure activity profiles were identified. “Social Sports(wo)men” (46%) engaged i…
Efficacy of a smartphone-based intervention — “Holidaily” — promoting recovery behaviour in workers after a vacation: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
German Clinical Trials Registration DRKS00013650 . Registered retrospectively 15.01.2018
The design and development of a hybrid off-job crafting intervention to enhance needs satisfaction, well-being and performance: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
The Netherlands Trial Register (NTR): NL8219, December 9, 2019. Registered retrospectively. https://www.trialregister.nl/trial/8219
Need Satisfaction and Optimal Functioning at Leisure and Work: A Longitudinal Validation Study of the DRAMMA Model
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in psychological need satisfaction and its role in promoting optimal functioning. The DRAMMA model integrates existing need and recovery models to explain why leisure is connected to optimal functioning (i.e., high well-being and low ill-being). It encompasses six psychological needs: detachment, relaxation, autonomy, mastery, meaning, and affiliation (DRAMMA). While the individual needs of t…
Motives for Crafting Work and Leisure: Focus on Opportunities at Work and Psychological Needs as Drivers of Crafting Efforts
Employees of all ages can proactively shape their behavior to manage modern work-life challenges more effectively and this is known as crafting. Our goal is to better understand employees' motives for engaging in crafting efforts in different life domains to fulfil their psychological needs. In a survey study with two measurement waves, we examined whether "focus on opportunities at work" (FoO)-the extent to which employees believe in new goals a…
Sense of coherence, off-job crafting, and mental well-being: A path of positive health development
Our study examines the core concept of salutogenesis—sense of coherence (SOC)—in relation to off-job crafting (OJC) and mental well-being (MWB). The original salutogenic model of health mainly addresses the protective function of SOC against adversity. In our study, we focus on the recently proposed path of positive health development that captures how SOC can contribute to positive health and thriving. We present and test our theoretical assumpt…
Being an accountant, cook, entertainer and teacher—all at the same time: Changes in employees' work and work‐related well‐being during the coronavirus ( Covid ‐19) pandemic
In March 2020, the world was hit by the coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) pandemic which led to all‐embracing measures to contain its spread. Most employees were forced to work from home and take care of their children because schools and daycares were closed. We present data from a research project in a large multinational organisation in the Netherlands with monthly quantitative measurements from January to May 2020 ( N = 253–516), enriched with q…
The Role of Off-Job Crafting in Burnout Prevention during Covid-19 Crisis: A Longitudinal Study
The COVID-19 pandemic and remote working challenge employees' possibilities to recover from work during their off-job time. We examined the relationship between off-job crafting and burnout across the COVID-19 crisis. We used a longitudinal research design, comprising one wave collected before the onset of the pandemic, in March 2019 (T1), and one wave collected during the first lockdown of the crisis in April 2020 (T2). We measured the six off-j…
Resilience during Crisis and the Role of Age: Involuntary Telework during the Covid-19 Pandemic
We investigated the relationship between age, resilience, job demands and resources, and self-regulation in 1715 university employees during the COVID-19 pandemic (February 2021) by means of an online survey with closed and open questions. Correlation, regression, and qualitative analyses showed that older employees reported higher resilience than younger employees. This finding was robust after controlling for background factors (i.e., gender, e…
Integrative review: Vacations and subjective well-being
Leisure engagement plays a key role in individuals’ well-being. While the majority of research focuses on the health and wellness benefits of everyday leisure participation, in recent years, vacation-taking, as an extraordinary leisure type, attracts scholarly interest from various disciplines to investigate how it contributes to individuals’ subjective well-being. Nevertheless, there is still no cohesive understanding of this relationship. In th…
A new perspective on balancing life domains: Work–nonwork balance crafting
This study provides insights into the antecedents of proactive efforts to balance the complex interplay of life domains. By studying work-nonwork balance crafting, we provide a new perspective on crafting beyond job crafting, which may help maintain or improve employees' mental health and well-being
Psychology (17 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Well-being (5 works) · Workplace Health and Well-being (5 works)