Vacation effects on behaviour, cognition and emotions of compulsive and non-compulsive workers: Do obsessive workers go 'Cold Turkey'?

Stress and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 232-243

  De Bloom, Jessica ^a,b   Radstaak, Mirjam ^a   Geurts, Sabine ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

holiday; rumination; stress; work hours; workaholic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE WELL BEING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUMINATION; SUMMER; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKER; WORKING TIME; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ETIOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84905747105     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2600     Document Type: Article

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