Love won’t tear us apart but work might: How job stressors relate to constructive and destructive reactions to one’s romantic partner’s negative behavior

Unger, Dana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2628-8914, Sonnentag, Sabine, Niessen, Cornelia and Kuonath, Angela (2017) Love won’t tear us apart but work might: How job stressors relate to constructive and destructive reactions to one’s romantic partner’s negative behavior. International Journal of Stress Management, 24 (Suppl 1). pp. 74-97. ISSN 1072-5245

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Abstract

This study investigates the associations between job stressors and accommodation (i.e., constructive and nondestructive reactions to negative behavior) in romantic relationships. We propose that situational constraints and workload negatively relate to self-regulatory resources that, in turn, are associated positively with constructive reactions and negatively with destructive reactions. To test our hypotheses, we surveyed 238 employees with online questionnaires twice on one workday. In general, results showed that job stressors were negatively associated with self-regulatory resources that, in turn, were associated with accommodation. In particular, situational constraints, but not workload, negatively related to self-regulatory resources. Self-regulatory resources were negatively associated with destructive reactions, but unrelated to constructive reactions. Self-regulatory resources mediated the indirect effect of job stressors on destructive reactions assessed with a scenario method. We discuss the importance of replenishing self-regulatory resources and suggest ways how to do so.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
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Date Deposited: 29 Jun 2017 08:29
Last Modified: 03 Aug 2023 00:09
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/63953
DOI: 10.1037/str0000034

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