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ArticleOccupational health science2019

Stress as Offense to Self: a Promising Approach Comes of Age.

Norbert K Semmer, Franziska Tschan, Nicola Jacobshagen, Terry A Beehr, Achim Elfering, Wolfgang Kälin, Laurenz L Meier

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Article in Occupational health science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Norbert K SemmerDepartment of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstr. 8, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7686-6914
Franziska TschanInstitut de Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Nicola JacobshagenDepartment of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstr. 8, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Terry A BeehrCentral Michigan University, Sloan Hall 233, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 USA.
Achim ElferingDepartment of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstr. 8, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Wolfgang KälinDepartment of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstr. 8, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Laurenz L MeierInstitut de Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
University of Bern · CHUniversity of Neuchâtel · CHCentral Michigan University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stress is related to goals being thwarted. Arguably, protecting one's self, both in terms of personal self-esteem and in terms of social self-esteem, is among the most prominent goals people pursue. Although this line of thought is hardly disputed, it does not play the prominent role in occupational health psychology that we think it deserves. Stress-as-Offense-to-Self theory focuses on threats and boosts to the self as important aspects of stressful, and resourceful, experiences at work. Within this framework we have developed the new concepts of illegitimate tasks and illegitimate stressors; we have investigated appreciation as a construct in its own right, rather than as part of larger constructs such as social support; and we propose that the threshold for noticing implications for the self in one's surroundings typically is low, implying that even subtle negative cues are likely to be appraised as offending, as exemplified by the concept of subtly offending feedback. Updating the first publication of the SOS concept, the current paper presents its theoretical rationale as well as research conducted so far. Research has covered a variety of phenomena, but the emphasis has been (a) on illegitimate tasks, which now can be considered as an established stressor, and (b) on appreciation, showing its importance in general and as a core element of social support. Furthermore, we discuss implications for further research as well as practical implications of an approach that is organized around threats and boosts to the self, thus complementing approaches that are organized around specific conditions or behaviors.

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Boosts to the selfIllegitimate tasks, illegitimate stressors, appreciation, subtle offenseOffense to selfSelf-esteem

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PMID32647746
PMCPMC7328775
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