%0 Conference Paper %1 weigelt2016affective %A Weigelt, Oliver %A Schmitt, Antje %A Syrek, Christine %A Ohly, Sandra %B Vortrag bei der 50. Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPS) %D 2016 %K ohlypub schmittpub wipsypub %T When do affective events leave their marks? A week-level study on acute- and meso-term effects on rumination and sense of coherence as a personal resource %X Recent research on work-related well-being has focused on studying day-level intraindividual links between focal variables (Ilies, Aw & Pluut, 2015). We extend this perspective by exploring interpersonal affective events (e.g., negative customer interactions; Ohly & Schmitt, 2015) from a dynamic perspective within a larger time frame. This perspective might (1) permit studying the impact of rather rare (but particularly meaningful) events and (2) allow for examining trajectories and meso-term effects on individual well-being over a period of several months. We extend research on social stressors at work by probing acute (that is short-term lagged) effects on rumination, that is, negative affective, intrusive, pervasive, and recurrent thoughts about work occurring at the weekend. In line with assumptions of affective events theory as a general theoretical framework, we further set out to investigate sense of coherence as a personal resource that might attenuate negative affective experiences and hence deflect detrimental effects on well-being at the weekend. For instance, experienced meaningfulness as one core facet of sense of coherence at work might alleviate the negative impact of social stressors. Drawing on the allostatic load model, we supplement our analysis by examining chronic effects of affective events on rumination over time. We conducted a week-level diary study upon 118 participants over a period of 15 consecutive weeks yielding 726 matched Friday-Monday observations. Applying multilevel regression analysis for repeated measures and growth curve modelling we find evidence for (1) intraindividual links between interpersonal affective events and affective rumination on the week-level, (2) a buffering effect of sense of coherence on this link, and (3) sustainable effects of interpersonal affective events over time. With our study we contribute to employee well-being research by approaching interpersonal affective events and well-being from different temporal perspectives applying strong methodology and by making use of the richness diary data may offer.

@inproceedings{weigelt2016affective, abstract = {Recent research on work-related well-being has focused on studying day-level intraindividual links between focal variables (Ilies, Aw & Pluut, 2015). We extend this perspective by exploring interpersonal affective events (e.g., negative customer interactions; Ohly & Schmitt, 2015) from a dynamic perspective within a larger time frame. This perspective might (1) permit studying the impact of rather rare (but particularly meaningful) events and (2) allow for examining trajectories and meso-term effects on individual well-being over a period of several months. We extend research on social stressors at work by probing acute (that is short-term lagged) effects on rumination, that is, negative affective, intrusive, pervasive, and recurrent thoughts about work occurring at the weekend. In line with assumptions of affective events theory as a general theoretical framework, we further set out to investigate sense of coherence as a personal resource that might attenuate negative affective experiences and hence deflect detrimental effects on well-being at the weekend. For instance, experienced meaningfulness as one core facet of sense of coherence at work might alleviate the negative impact of social stressors. Drawing on the allostatic load model, we supplement our analysis by examining chronic effects of affective events on rumination over time. We conducted a week-level diary study upon 118 participants over a period of 15 consecutive weeks yielding 726 matched Friday-Monday observations. Applying multilevel regression analysis for repeated measures and growth curve modelling we find evidence for (1) intraindividual links between interpersonal affective events and affective rumination on the week-level, (2) a buffering effect of sense of coherence on this link, and (3) sustainable effects of interpersonal affective events over time. With our study we contribute to employee well-being research by approaching interpersonal affective events and well-being from different temporal perspectives applying strong methodology and by making use of the richness diary data may offer. }, added-at = {2017-02-14T11:53:22.000+0100}, author = {Weigelt, Oliver and Schmitt, Antje and Syrek, Christine and Ohly, Sandra}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2329559a06b43c9e15e8bb060fefa1993/wipsykassel}, booktitle = {Vortrag bei der 50. Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPS)}, interhash = {8867e3e80488af678f4273ca6904c52b}, intrahash = {329559a06b43c9e15e8bb060fefa1993}, keywords = {ohlypub schmittpub wipsypub}, month = {September}, timestamp = {2017-02-14T11:53:22.000+0100}, title = {When do affective events leave their marks? A week-level study on acute- and meso-term effects on rumination and sense of coherence as a personal resource}, year = 2016 }