TAP reading note: A Meta-Analysis on Antecedents and Outcomes of Detachment from Work
Detachment from work was associated on average with less exhaustion and better self-reported sleep: exhaustion r=−.36 (95% CI −.42 to −.30), sleep r=.30 (.22–.38). Physiological activation was represented by only three studies and 219 people, with pooled r=.03 (−.12 to .17), showing no clear association.
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What the study found
Detachment from work was associated on average with less exhaustion and better self-reported sleep: exhaustion r=−.36 (95% CI −.42 to −.30), sleep r=.30 (.22–.38). Physiological activation was represented by only three studies and 219 people, with pooled r=.03 (−.12 to .17), showing no clear association.
Scope & limitations
86 publications, 91 independent samples and 38,124 employees; outcome-specific subsets differed.
Most evidence used self-report and between-person correlations; diary data were also aggregated to between-person estimates. Sleep heterogeneity was high (I²=94.55%), with a prediction interval of −.09 to .61. An average association does not establish the effect of increasing detachment within one person.
Population & sample
86 publications, 91 independent samples and 38,124 employees; outcome-specific subsets differed.
Exposure or intervention
Nonwork detachment in relation to working conditions, health and well-being.
Outcomes
Exhaustion, sleep and other subjective outcomes, with physiological activation synthesised separately.
Time frame
Study-specific windows; between-person estimates from diary and other designs were combined.
Research funding
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.
Reading scope
Full-text synthesis methods, Table 1, heterogeneity and limitations. Original physiological reports and sample overlap require further tracing.
References
Publication record
TAP-RDN-0009 · v0.4 · English
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