adverse consequences of negative and positive work rumination on attention to the partner, and the advantage of talking about it

Povzetek

In the contemporary 24/7 working society, the separation of work and private life is increasingly turning into an unrealizable ideal. Ruminating about work outside the work context lets work spill over into private lives and afects the dynamics of workers’ private relationships. Although negative work rumination was linked to couples’ reduced relationship satisfaction, little is known about the mechanism of action and the impact of positive work rumination. Drawing on the load theory of selective attention, we hypothesize that both negative and positive work rumination occupy attentional resources and thus reduce workers’ attention to the partner on the same day. Lower levels of attention to the partner, in turn, should relate to lower levels of both partners’relationship satisfaction. However, sharing the work-related thoughts with the partner might support the resolution of the work issue the worker is ruminating about, which releases attentional resources and thus bufers the negative association between rumination and attention to the partner. We conducted a daily diary study and the fndings based on 579 daily dyadic observations from 42 dualearner couples support the proposed cognitive spillover-crossover mechanism and the bufer mechanism of thought-sharing. We conclude that negative and positive work rumination takes up scarce attentional resources and thus jeopardizes relationship quality. However, sharing thoughts with one’s partner seems to be a useful strategy for couples to maintain or even increase their relationship satisfaction in the light of work rumination.

Ključne besede

preučevanje diad;dnevniške študije;zadovoljstvo v partnerskem odnosu;psihološka dostopnost;ruminacija o delu;ne zaključna dela;

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Jezik: Angleški jezik
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Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
Organizacija: UM FF - Filozofska fakulteta
Založnik: Kluwer
UDK: 331.101.32:159.92
COBISS: 140129283 Povezava se bo odprla v novem oknu
ISSN: 1389-4978
Št. ogledov: 47
Št. prenosov: 1
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Sekundarni jezik: Slovenski jezik
Sekundarne ključne besede: diary studies;dyadic research;relationship quality;psychological availability;work rumination;
Vrsta dela (COBISS): Članek v reviji
Strani: str. 917-944
Letnik: ǂVol. ǂ24
Zvezek: ǂiss. ǂ3
Čas izdaje: 2023
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-023-00628-4
ID: 22958071
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, adverse consequences of negative and positive work rumination on attention to the partner, and the advantage of talking about it