Montreal — A work-related damage adopted by a mental well being difficulty, or the different method round: Which is extra possible? Two Canadian researchers needed to seek out out.
Steve Granger, an assistant professor of administration at Concordia University, and Nick Turner from the University of Calgary checked out a variety of different research and examined hypotheses that included:
- There shall be a optimistic affiliation between earlier work accidents and subsequent mental well being challenges.
- There shall be a optimistic affiliation between earlier mental well being challenges and subsequent work accidents.
- The optimistic affiliation between earlier work accidents and subsequent mental well being challenges shall be stronger than the optimistic affiliation between earlier mental well being challenges and subsequent work accidents.
The proof means that the relationship between previous work accidents and later mental well being challenges is extra strong than the proof from mental well being challenges to later work accidents,” a Concordia University press launch states.
A potential clarification is the uncertainty in sickness principle, which dates to the late Eighties.
“When you experience an injury, you tend to ruminate on it and counterfactually think, ‘What if I hadn’t gone into work that day or not agreed to take on that extra shift?’” Granger stated in the launch. “These negative cognitions and maladaptive thoughts can exacerbate mental health problems following an injury. These are all fed by uncertainty.”
He and Turner encourage “a stronger focus on psychological rehabilitation alongside existing physical rehab return-to-work programs.”
The research was revealed on-line in the journal Personnel Psychology.
