Goede, Tom (2025) Stress Mindset as a Buffer: Investigating Its Influence on the Unfinished Tasks-Affective Rumination Link. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
In the increasingly demanding work environments of today, employees often have unfinished tasks at the end of their workweek, which could potentially impact their psychological detachment and well-being. This study examined the relationship between unfinished tasks and affective rumination, defined as recurring negative thoughts about work during off-work hours, and investigated whether stress mindset was a moderating variable for this relationship. Drawing on pre-existing research, it was hypothesized that unfinished tasks would be positively related to affective rumination and that having a stress-is-enhancing mindset would weaken the link between unfinished tasks and affective rumination. A regression model revealed that out of a sample of 98 participants, unfinished tasks were positively correlated with affective rumination, which is in line with the predictions. No significant interaction effect was found, indicating that stress mindset did not moderate the relationship between unfinished tasks and affective rumination, but stress mindset did have a significant correlation with affective rumination. More individual differences should be investigated next to stress mindset when trying to decrease levels of affective rumination through interventions.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Weigelt, O. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route/Track: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2025 15:09 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2025 15:09 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5448 |
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