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Trial reportJournal of occupational rehabilitation2025

Associations between Psychosocial Working Conditions and Work-Specific Self-Efficacy Beliefs Among Employees Receiving Psychotherapeutic Consultation at Work.

Jeannette Weber, Marieke Hansmann, Meike Heming, Regina Herold, Yesim Erim, Nicole Hander, Eva Rothermund, Nadine Mulfinger, Christoph Kröger, Manuel Feißt and 3 more

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Trial report in Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Jeannette WeberInstitute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Centre for Health and Society, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany. jeannette.weber@uni-duesseldorf.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7023-7925
Marieke HansmannInstitute of Psychology, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9308-9646
Meike HemingInstitute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Centre for Health and Society, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9533-4158
Regina HeroldDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9551-6661
Yesim ErimDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.
Nicole HanderDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3155-9547
Eva RothermundDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8295-2632
Nadine MulfingerDepartment of Psychiatry II, Ulm University and BKH Günzburg, Günzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0567-1386
Christoph KrögerInstitute of Psychology, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2176-6078
Manuel FeißtInstitute of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Jolanda BrezinskiInstitute of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Fiona KohlInstitute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Centre for Health and Society, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2297-7843
Peter AngererInstitute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Centre for Health and Society, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9602-7405

Funding

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) 01GX1902
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeBy considering work-related aspects during early intervention and treatment of employees with (subclinical) symptoms of common mental disorders, psychotherapeutic consultation at work (PT-W) aims to increase work-specific self-efficacy (SE) to finally reduce sickness absence and contribute to successful return to work. This study, thus, aims to investigate interrelations between working conditions and work-specific SE among employees before receiving PT-W.

methodsThe study uses baseline data of a randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of PT-W in Germany (n = 535). Working conditions were assessed by six scales of the validated Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ). SE was assessed by the validated general short occupational self-efficacy (OSE) scale and return-to-work self-efficacy (RTW-SE) scale, two specific forms of self-efficacy. Multiple linear regression models were calculated using working conditions as independent and self-efficacy as dependent variables. Interactions between working conditions and age, gender and current extent of work were added to those models.

resultsResults suggest that quantitative job demands are negatively and development opportunities are positively related to OSE and RTW-SE. Age did not moderate those relationships. The association between development opportunities and OSE was stronger among employees indicating working less number of hours than specified in their contract compared to employees indicating working their full contract hours. Furthermore, interactions with gender were found with social support being only (positively) associated with OSE among male and decision authority being only (positively) associated with OSE among female employees.

conclusionsThe associations between working conditions and work-specific SE support the usefulness of addressing potential reciprocal relationships between those two variables during PT-W to improve mental health of employees. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Registered at the German Clinical Trial Register (DRKS) at 01.03.2021-DRKS00023049.

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Mental DisordersPsychotherapyReturn to WorkSelf EfficacyWorkplaceAdultFemaleGermanyHumansMaleMiddle AgedReferral and ConsultationSurveys and QuestionnairesWorking ConditionsMental healthOccupational healthOccupational stressPsychotherapeutic careSelf-efficacyWorkplace

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PMCPMC12575598

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