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Chen IS. Using leisure crafting to reduce emotional exhaustion at home during the COVID-19 pandemic through better sleep and not thinking about the pandemic. Stress Health 2023; 39:1047-1057. [PMID: 36945897 DOI: 10.1002/smi.3243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
Abstract
Drawing on conservation of resources (COR) theory, we aimed to investigate whether leisure crafting reduces emotional exhaustion by improving sleep quality and strengthening psychological detachment from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We posited that sleep quality and psychological detachment from the COVID-19 pandemic mediate the negative relationship between leisure crafting and emotional exhaustion. We carried out a two-wave longitudinal study among a group of individuals (N = 216) from Wuhan, China. We measured leisure crafting, sleep quality, and psychological detachment from the COVID-19 pandemic at Time 1 and emotional exhaustion two months later at Time 2. We discovered that leisure crafting reduced emotional exhaustion at home by improving sleep quality and increasing psychological detachment from the COVID-19 pandemic. At the end of this article, we discuss theoretical and practical implications, research limitations, and directions for future research.
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Affiliation(s)
- I-Shuo Chen
- Faculty of Business and Law, School of Management, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
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Chan PH, Howard J, Eva N, Tse HH. A systematic review of at-work recovery and a framework for future research. JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Meadley B, Horton E, Perraton L, Smith K, Bowles KA, Caldwell J. The physiological demands of helicopter winch rescue in water and over land. ERGONOMICS 2022; 65:828-841. [PMID: 34694962 DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2021.1998645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Physically demanding water and over land winch rescues are critical tasks for helicopter paramedics. To assess the physiological demands of winch rescue, 14 intensive care flight paramedics (12 male, 2 female, mean (±SD) age 44.3 (±5.4) years, experience 7.1 (±5.2) years) completed land and water-based task simulations. For the land task, VO2 was 41.7 (±4.5) mL kg-1 min-1, or 86 (±11) % of VO2peak. Task duration was 7.0 (±3.6) min, or 53 (±27) % of maximal acceptable work duration (MAWD) (13.2 (±9.0) min). For the water task, VO2 was 36.7 (±4.4) mL kg-1 min-1, (81 (±12) % of VO2peak). Water task duration was 10.2 (±1.1) min, or 47.6 (±4.8) % of calculated MAWD (21.0 (±15.6) min). These results demonstrate that helicopter rescue paramedics work at very high physiological workloads for moderate durations, and these demands should be considered when developing selection tests and when deploying to rescues, to ensure staff are capable of task performance. Practitioner summary: Paramedics performed helicopter winch rescue task simulations in water and over land. Paramedics worked at 81% of VO2peak for 10.2 min and 86% of VO2peak for 7 min for swim and land tasks respectively. Rescue organisations should consider these demands when selecting and credentialing staff and when deploying to incidents. Abbreviations: HEMS: helicopter emergency medical service; ICFP: intensive care flight paramedic; MAWD: maximal acceptable work duration; PES: physical employment standards; SAR: search and rescue.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ben Meadley
- Paramedic Health and Wellbeing Research Unit, Monash University, Frankston, Australia
- Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Frankston, Australia
- Ambulance Victoria, Doncaster, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Paramedic Health and Wellbeing Research Unit, Monash University, Frankston, Australia
- Department of Physiotherapy, Monash University, Frankston, Australia
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- Paramedic Health and Wellbeing Research Unit, Monash University, Frankston, Australia
- Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Frankston, Australia
- Ambulance Victoria, Doncaster, Australia
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- Paramedic Health and Wellbeing Research Unit, Monash University, Frankston, Australia
- Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Frankston, Australia
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- Paramedic Health and Wellbeing Research Unit, Monash University, Frankston, Australia
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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