Studies show that 'interrupting work' can reduce stress
'When you're focused on your work, you're interrupted by another task' can seem quite stressful, but an experiment with a research team at the ETH Zurich has shown that it's not. I am.
The effects of acute work stress and appraisal on psychobiological stress responses in a group office environment --ScienceDirect
Getting Interrupted at Work Impacts Stress Levels in Weird Ways We Don't Even Realise
The research results were published in the official journal 'Psychoneuroendocrinology' of the International Society of Psychiatry and Neuroendocrinology.
Jasmine Kerr, a psychologist at the ETH Zurich, and others placed multiple PCs in a classroom that imitated an office and recruited 90 subjects, assuming that they were 'working at an insurance company.' I had them do office work such as 'scanning', 'calculation', and 'schedule management'.
Subjects were divided into three groups, and Group A was given a relatively simple task. The remaining groups B and C will be given the task of 'preparing for a job interview and having an interview', B will be required to submit a regular questionnaire and saliva sample, and C will be sent a message to the PC. I was asked to share information about the aspects of my work with a summary.
When the stress levels of each group were measured, the amount of the stress hormone cortisol in saliva increased in B and C compared to group A.
According to research team mathematician Mara Nägelin, the amount of cortisol in Group C subjects was twice that in Group B. This tendency itself is normal because there are many tasks, but when looking at the questionnaire of the experimental results, it seems that Group C 'feels better and does not feel stress or threat' than the people in Group B. It was said that it was done.
Regarding these results, the research team believes that the additional tasks may have helped prevent them from focusing on job interviews, which can have a negative effect on their mood. It may be considered positive in terms of stress reduction. '
However, in this research, it is not clear what happened and this result was obtained, and it is necessary to carry out further research.
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