TAP reading note: The Recovery Experience Questionnaire: development and validation of a measure for assessing recuperation and unwinding from work
The Recovery Experience Questionnaire distinguishes psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery and control during non-work time. It measures experiences associated with unwinding rather than directly measuring restored physiological function.
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What the study found
The Recovery Experience Questionnaire distinguishes psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery and control during non-work time. It measures experiences associated with unwinding rather than directly measuring restored physiological function.
Scope & limitations
Scale development and validation; calibration and cross-validation samples totaled 930 people, with construct relationships examined in a 271-person subsample.
Questionnaire dimensions are not four proven treatments. Self-reported experiences and actual changes in performance or physiology need separate measurement.
Population & sample
Scale development and validation; calibration and cross-validation samples totaled 930 people, with construct relationships examined in a 271-person subsample.
Exposure or intervention
Four self-reported experiences during leisure time after work.
Outcomes
Factor structure and relationships with job stressors, well-being, coping and personality.
Time frame
Development and validation studies published in 2007; not a recovery-duration experiment.
Research funding
Not yet checked against the full publication.
Research conflicts of interest
Not yet checked against the full publication.
Reading scope
Based on the original publication’s abstract and bibliographic record. This is a selected reading note, not a systematic appraisal.
References
Publication record
TAP-RDN-0020 · v0.1 · English
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