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.
The questionnaire measures self-reported experiences including detachment, relaxation, mastery and control. Physiological function and task performance are related but distinct outcomes requiring separate observation.
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
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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 · v0.2 · English
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