Work Conditions, Recovery and Health
A Study among Workers within Pre-School, Home Care and Social Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10898458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gunnar Aronsson (0000-0003-3664-1814, Mälardalen University, corresponding author), Wanja Astvik (0000-0001-7405-0025, Mälardalen University), Klas Gustafsson (0000-0002-0025-1091, Mälardalen University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1654-1672 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bct036 |
| OpenAlex | W2158762696 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 22 |
The study investigated the working conditions associated with the accumulation of stress and lack of recovery and how recovery is related to health. The study group was employed in pre-school, home care and social work (n = 193). Recovery was assumed to be an explanatory variable for the relations between work and health. The response rate on a survey was 79 per cent. Cluster analysis identified three groups: the ‘Recovered’ (36 per cent of the total group) and ‘Not Recovered’ (25 per cent) and the ‘In-between’ (39 per cent). The Not Recovered displayed the whole chain of risk factors, involving difficult working conditions to which they responded with increased compensatory strategies. Despite this group having significantly greater reports of ill health, work absenteeism was not greater, which is likely related to their substituting sickness absence with sickness presence. As many as 43 per cent of the social workers were found to belong to the Not Recovered group. Multiple regression analyses controlling for background variables revealed that the Not Recovered group had a significantly higher relative risk for poor self-rated health than those in the Recovered group. Even sharper increases in relative risk existed for the other five symptoms that were analysed. Practical implications and new research questions are discussed.
Absenteeism · Confidence interval · Environmental health · Health care · Physical therapy · Relative risk · Sick leave · Sociology · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
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| Citations per year | 1.63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |