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标题：Do We Recover from Vacation? Meta-analysis of Vacation Effects on Health and Well-being
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作者：Jessica de Bloom ; Michiel Kompier ; Sabine Geurts 等
期刊名称：Journal of Occupational Health
印刷版ISSN：1341-9145
电子版ISSN：1348-9585
出版年度：2009
卷号：51
期号：1
页码：13-25
DOI：10.1539/joh.K8004
出版社：Japan Society for Occupational Health
摘要：Objectives: The aim of this meta-analysis is to investigate to what extent vacation has positive effects on health and well-being, how long such effects endure after work resumption, and how specific vacation activities and experiences affect these relationships. Methods: Based on a systematic literature search (PsycInfo, Medline) and methodological exclusion criteria, in a stepwise approach, 7 studies were selected and reviewed. Effect sizes (Cohen's d ) were calculated i) for every outcome variable within every study, ii) for every study by averaging the effect sizes per study, and iii) for homogeneous categories of outcome variables (exhaustion, health complaints, life satisfaction). Results: The results suggest that vacation has positive effects on health and well-being (small effect, d =+0.43), but that these effects soon fade out after work resumption (small effect, d =-0.38). Our research further demonstrated that vacation activities and experiences have hardly been studied. Therefore, their contribution to vacation effect and fade out remains unclear. Discussion: Progress in future vacation research will depend on strong research designs that incorporate repeated measurements pre-, inter- and post-vacation.
关键词：Allostatic load;Holiday;Recovery;Review;Satisfaction;Stress