在COVID-19期间,在昼夜偏好和睡眠和工作时间之间更好的调整并没有有利于在家工作的参与
Rebecca Crowley1, Amir-Homayoun Javadi2, Jakke Tamminen1
1Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK.
Chronobiology international
|October 16, 2023
概括
对于许多人来说,COVID-19封锁改善了睡眠健康和昼夜调整. 然而,尽管调整得更好,但对一些人来说,工作参与度令人惊地下降了,这表明需要灵活的时间表和进一步研究远程工作挑战.
科学领域:
- 时间生物学 时间生物学
- 睡眠科学 睡眠科学
- 职业健康心理学 职业健康心理学
背景情况:
- 社会结构往往强制执行早期的日常生活,对晚间时间型 (昼夜偏好) 的个体产生负面影响.
- 睡眠和工作时间表与生物节奏不一致,可能导致健康和绩效问题.
- 由于减少了社会约束,COVID-19封锁提供了一个独特的机会来研究由于减少了社会约束而导致的时间行为转变.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19封锁措施是否改善了时间行为与昼夜偏好保持一致.
- 检查这些时间转移对工作参与度的影响.
- 确定影响昼夜调整和工作参与之间的关系的潜在调节者.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及406名英国参与者的研究评估了COVID-19封锁前和期间的昼夜偏好,睡眠时间,工作时间和工作参与度.
- 数据分析的重点是睡眠时间的变化,社会时差,以及睡眠/工作时间表与个人昼夜偏好保持一致.
- 包括学生和年轻成年人在内的参与者群体被分析了行为变化的大小.
主要成果:
- 封锁措施导致睡眠健康改善,其特点是睡眠时间增加和减少社交时差.
- 睡眠和工作时间转向更好地与参与者的昼夜偏好保持一致.
- 与预期相反,那些表现出改善社交时差和延迟工作习惯的参与者,特别是学生和年轻人,工作参与度下降.
结论:
- 虽然封锁促进了更好的昼夜调整和睡眠健康,但一些参与者的工作参与度下降凸显了潜在的挑战.
- 研究结果表明,需要灵活的教育和就业时间表,以支持COVID-19后的昼夜调整.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解在日夜调节改善期间影响工作参与度的缓解因素,如睡眠质量,远程工作环境和心理健康.
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