EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH
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Thriving on Job Demands? Exploring Associations between Goal Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Job Autonomy for Employees with Metabolic Syndrome

Anne-Kathrin Huebner 1 * ,
Sven Haufe 2,
Arno Kerling 2,
Gudrun Protte 2,
Pauline Bayerle 2,
Hedwig Theda Boeck 2,
Simone Rolff 2,
Thorben Sundermeier 2,
Momme Kück 2,
Silke Strunk 1,
Lars Nachbar 1,
Uwe Tegtbur 2,
Martina de Zwaan 3
1 Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, GERMANY2 Institute of Sports Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, GERMANY3 Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, GERMANY* Corresponding Author
European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 2022, 6(2), em0119, https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/12281
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ABSTRACT

Anxiety disorders are among the most common distressing diseases worldwide and have been the focus of increasing attention by companies, as they are associated with impaired work performance, higher absenteeism, and greater health-related costs. The risk of disease is particularly pronounced in individuals with metabolic syndrome and unfavorable working conditions. Nevertheless, empirical knowledge on interactions of metabolic syndrome, job characteristics, and psychiatric morbidity is still sparse. This cross-sectional study included survey data from 176 company employees with diagnosed metabolic syndrome to examine associations between anxiety and job-related factors, namely goal uncertainty and job autonomy. Descriptive data analysis along with Spearman’s rank correlation analysis were performed. Study hypotheses were tested using moderated hierarchical multiple regression analyses. Results extend worksite health promotion literature by demonstrating a slightly U-shaped relation between goal uncertainty and anxiety (β=.16, p≤.05). While moderate levels of goal uncertainty contributed to well-being in terms of low anxiety severity, low and high goal uncertainty were associated with more severe anxiety. This highlights the need to consider differentiated stressor conceptualizations in research on antecedents of employees’ well-being. However, job autonomy showed neither a direct nor a moderating effect on anxiety.

KEYWORDS

job stressor anxiety challenge-hindrance stressor model job demands-resources model

CITATION (Harvard)

Huebner, A.-K., Haufe, S., Kerling, A., Protte, G., Bayerle, P., Boeck, H. T., . . . de Zwaan, M. (2022). Thriving on Job Demands? Exploring Associations between Goal Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Job Autonomy for Employees with Metabolic Syndrome. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 6(2), em0119. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/12281
APA
Huebner, A.-K., Haufe, S., Kerling, A., Protte, G., Bayerle, P., Boeck, H. T., Rolff, S., Sundermeier, T., Kück, M., Strunk, S., Nachbar, L., Tegtbur, U., & de Zwaan, M. (2022). Thriving on Job Demands? Exploring Associations between Goal Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Job Autonomy for Employees with Metabolic Syndrome. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 6(2), em0119. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/12281
Vancouver
Huebner AK, Haufe S, Kerling A, Protte G, Bayerle P, Boeck HT, et al. Thriving on Job Demands? Exploring Associations between Goal Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Job Autonomy for Employees with Metabolic Syndrome. EUROPEAN J ENV PUBLI. 2022;6(2):em0119. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/12281
AMA
Huebner AK, Haufe S, Kerling A, et al. Thriving on Job Demands? Exploring Associations between Goal Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Job Autonomy for Employees with Metabolic Syndrome. EUROPEAN J ENV PUBLI. 2022;6(2), em0119. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/12281
Chicago
Huebner, Anne-Kathrin, Sven Haufe, Arno Kerling, Gudrun Protte, Pauline Bayerle, Hedwig Theda Boeck, Simone Rolff, Thorben Sundermeier, Momme Kück, Silke Strunk, Lars Nachbar, Uwe Tegtbur, and Martina de Zwaan. "Thriving on Job Demands? Exploring Associations between Goal Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Job Autonomy for Employees with Metabolic Syndrome". European Journal of Environment and Public Health 2022 6 no. 2 (2022): em0119. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/12281
MLA
Huebner, Anne-Kathrin et al. "Thriving on Job Demands? Exploring Associations between Goal Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Job Autonomy for Employees with Metabolic Syndrome". European Journal of Environment and Public Health, vol. 6, no. 2, 2022, em0119. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/12281

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