The Present Study Flashcards
What do they propose in this study?
That employees’ level of nature exposure is related to their occupational well-being
employees who took a daily 15-min park walk during their lunch break over a 2-week trial reported?
increased vitality, decreased fatigue and decreased blood pressure after each break in the afternoons
days they took the park walk, they showed decreases in end- of-workday stress and fatigue as well as better concentration at work compared to days when they took lunch breaks without a walk through the park
nature exposure during leisure time can contribute to employees’ vitality and stress recovery
There is mixed evidence regarding?
The relationship between the type of outdoor activity and well-being.
Some PREVIOUS studies show ? and what do they consider? And what could explain?
That well-being effects of green exercise are not related to the type, intensity or length of the activity. However, exceptions have been reported; for example, a longitudinal study (Korpela) reported that physical exercise in nature was more effective than some other, less intense activities, such as gardening.
It could be that those employees who spend more time in natural environments also generally engage in more varied activities (e.g., gardening, spending time at a summer cottage, walking, skiing, picking berries) than those employees who visit natural environments only infrequently (e.g., enjoying the scenery and photography).
These considerations and previous findings call for further studies and we have consequently taken into account the heterogeneity of the outdoor activities in nature.
What is the first study question?
What they could not do?
whether there are distinctive profiles of nature exposure and outdoor activity in nature.
we could not set firm hypotheses regarding the number of profiles or their respective levels of exposure and heterogeneity of activities.
However they aimed to?
as we aimed to reach a large and heterogeneous sample of employees, we expected to find more than one profile such as relating to various frequencies of exposure and different activities.
What was likely?
the identified profiles would differ quantitatively from each other. For example, there could be a profile that reflects less frequent nature exposure at work and during leisure time as well as less varied activities in nature.
It was also deemed reasonable to assume that there would be a profile that relates to more frequent nature exposure at work and during leisure time in addition to more varied activities in nature. These expectations were based on previous research that has shown that employees differ in their levels of nature exposure and participation in outdoor activities in nature
It was also thought possible that the profiles would differ from each other qualitatively, meaning?
they might show different combinations of nature exposure and outdoor activities in nature. For example, while an individual’s nature exposure may be high, only certain physical activities may be pronounced in his or her profile (e.g., daily walks with a dog)
The second research question focused on?
investigating whether the profiles would relate to occupational well-being.
Previous research has indicated?
that exposure to a natural environment at work or during leisure time relates to employee well-being, such as vitality (Korpela) and mental well- being
They focused on?
well-being at work measured by burnout and work engagement, since these two aspects of occupational well-being have not been included in previous studies in conjunction (liittäminen/yhdistäminen) with nature exposure.
The psychological syndrome of burnout is typically described?
As exhaustion, cynicism and reduced professional efficacy caused by prolonged job stress.
Exhaustion?
= uupumusasteinen väsymys
The core component of the syndrome,
exhaustion, refers to the depletion (loppuminen, ehdyttäminen, loppuun käyttäminen) of emotional and physical resources from doing one’s work.
Cynicism?
Cynicism describes a negative or distant attitude toward one’s work in general, and it can be characterized as dysfunctional coping through which employees detach themselves from their work.
Reduced professional efficacy?
represents feelings of incompetence (kyvyttömyys) and ineffectiveness (tehottomuus) in regard to both the social and non-social aspects of occupational achievements.
