A lengthy look at the daily grind: Time series analysis of events, mood, stress, and satisfaction

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Fuller, JA; Stanton, JM; Fisher, GG; Spitzmüller, C; Russell, SS; Smith, PC
• 署名单位: University System of Ohio; Bowling Green State University; Syracuse University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; University of Houston System; University of Houston
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.88.6.1019
• 发表日期: 2003
• 页码: 1019-1033

摘要

The present study investigated processes by which job stress and satisfaction unfold over time by examining the relations between daily stressful events, mood, and these variables. Using a Web-based daily survey of stressor events, perceived strain, mood, and job satisfaction completed by 14 university workers, 1,060 occasions of data were collected. Transfer function analysis, a multivariate version of time series analysis, was used to examine the data for relationships among the measured variables after factoring out the contaminating influences of serial dependency. Results revealed a contrast effect in which a stressful event associated positively with higher strain on the same day and associated negatively with strain on the following day. Perceived strain increased over the course of a semester for a majority of participants, suggesting that effects of stress build over time. Finally, the data were consistent with the notion that job satisfaction is a distal outcome that is mediated by perceived strain.