The physical activity paradox: a longitudinal study of the implications for burnout

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Abstract

Purpose

This study investigates the independent and interactive associations of physical job demands and three types of off-job physical activity (during transportation, household, and recreation) with burnout. We use a recently proposed new conceptualization and assessment of burnout including core and secondary burnout symptoms. We predicted that physical job demands would be positively and the three types of off-job physical activity would be negatively related to burnout. Further, we hypothesized that the negative relations between the three types of off-job physical activity and burnout would be stronger for employees with low (vs. high) physical job demands.

Methods

To test our hypotheses, we conducted a two-wave survey study among a heterogeneous sample of full-time workers ( N = 355), using a longitudinal design with a half-year time lag. We tested cross-sectional, prospective and longitudinal relations.

Results

Hierarchical regression analyses partly confirmed our predictions. Cross-sectionally and prospectively, it was shown that physical job demands were positively related to burnout symptoms. In addition, off-job physical activity was negatively related to primary and secondary burnout symptoms among employees with low physical job demands and positively related to burnout symptoms among employees with high physical job demands. However, these relationships disappeared when investigated longitudinally.

Conclusion

Together, these findings suggest that not all off-job physical activities can prevent burnout, and that potential positive effects of physical activity during off-job time may depend on employees’ physical activity level at work.

Supplementary Information

The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00420-021-01759-y.

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Contributors

Juriena D. de Vries:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9385-2290

j.d.devries@essb.eur.nl

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Int Arch Occup Environ Health

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Int Arch Occup Environ Health

Title: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg (Berlin/Heidelberg )

ISSN (Print): 0340-0131

ISSN (Electronic): 1432-1246

Publication date (Electronic): 6 October 2021

Publication date PMC-release: 6 October 2021

Publication date (Print): 2022

Volume: 95

Issue: 5

Pages: 965-979

Affiliations

GRID grid.6906.9, ISNI 0000000092621349, Center of Excellence for Positive Organizational Psychology, , Erasmus University Rotterdam, ; Woudestein Campus, Mandeville Building T16.17, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Author information

Juriena D. de Vries http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9385-2290

Arnold B. Bakker https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1489-1847

Article

Publisher ID: 1759

DOI: 10.1007/s00420-021-01759-y

PMC ID: 9203402

PubMed ID: 34611746

SO-VID: d196a02b-d7aa-423c-804f-68af0409239d

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