Who is more susceptible to job stressors and resources? Sensory-processing sensitivity as a personal resource and vulnerability factor.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate whether people scoring higher (compared to lower) on sensory-processing sensitivity respond differently to the work environment. Specifically, based on the literature on sensory-processing sensitivity and the Job Demands-Resources model, we predicted that the three components of sensory-processing sensitivity (i.e. ease of excitation, aesthetic sensitivity and low sensory threshold) amplify the relationship between job demands (i.e. workload and emotional demands) and emotional exhaustion as well as the relationship between job resources (i.e. task autonomy and social support) and helping behaviour. Survey data from 1019 Belgian employees were analysed using structural equation modelling analysis. The results showed that ease of excitation and low sensory th

SUBMITTER: Vander Elst T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6860449 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature