TAP reading note: A Meta-Analysis on Antecedents and Outcomes of Detachment from Work
Detachment was, on average, associated with less fatigue and better self-reported sleep and well-being. Average associations with physiological stress indicators were not significant.
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What the study found
Detachment was, on average, associated with less fatigue and better self-reported sleep and well-being. Average associations with physiological stress indicators were not significant.
Scope & limitations
86 publications, 91 independent samples, 38,124 employees
Studies primarily report associations, limiting causal interpretation. Evidence volume and measurement differ across outcomes and should be compared separately.
Population & sample
86 publications, 91 independent samples, 38,124 employees
Exposure or intervention
Detachment from work; associations across employee samples
Outcomes
Fatigue / need for recovery, sleep and other outcomes were pooled separately. The fatigue category comprised 17 independent effects (N = 12,510); the physiological-activation category comprised 3 (N = 219).
Time frame
Varies across included studies; not extracted individually
Research funding
The authors report German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health support, project F 2353.
Research conflicts of interest
The authors declare no commercial or financial relationships constituting a potential conflict. This is their published declaration.
Reading scope
Methods, selected Table 1 outcomes, funding and conflict declarations checked against the publisher's full text on 14 September 2026. Underlying studies and supplementary analyses have not been independently re-extracted.
References
Publication record
TAP-RDN-0009 · v0.3 · English
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