Personality Factors and Sick Leave Days. Evidence from a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study in Germany

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Personality Factors and Sick Leave Days. Evidence from a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study in Germany. / Raynik, Yulia I; König, Hans-Helmut; Hajek, André.

in: INT J ENV RES PUB HE, Jahrgang 17, Nr. 3, 09.02.2020, S. 1089.

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@article{a0f20325b96f4dad836200b5a3b53e14,
title = "Personality Factors and Sick Leave Days. Evidence from a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study in Germany",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: The question of whether employees' sickness absence from the workplace depends on personality has been researched. Existing evidence mostly stems from cross-sectional studies, mainly showing that personality factors were not associated with the number of sick leave days, except for neuroticism, which was positively associated with sick leave days. Based on the above, it remains an under researched question whether intraindividual changes in personality factors are associated with changes in sick leave days. Thus, based on a nationally representative sample, the current study aimed to investigate the relationship between personality factors and sick leave days longitudinally based on a nationally representative sample of individuals in Germany.METHODS: The present study used data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), a longitudinal survey of private households in Germany. Information from the years 2005, 2009, 2013 were used. The Big Five Inventory-GSOEP (BFI-S) was used to measure personality. Sick leave days in the preceding year were recorded. Poisson fixed effects regressions were used.RESULTS: Adjusting for potential confounders, regressions showed that increases in neuroticism were associated with increased sick leave days. The longitudinal association between extraversion and sick leave days was marginally significant (p < 0.10). Other personality factors were not significantly associated with sick leave days. In addition, sick leave days increased with worsening self-rated health, presence of severe disability and increasing age.CONCLUSIONS: The findings of the current study highlight the association between neuroticism and sick leave days longitudinally. Further research is required to elucidate the underlying mechanisms.",
author = "Raynik, {Yulia I} and Hans-Helmut K{\"o}nig and Andr{\'e} Hajek",
year = "2020",
month = feb,
day = "9",
doi = "10.3390/ijerph17031089",
language = "English",
volume = "17",
pages = "1089",
journal = "INT J ENV RES PUB HE",
issn = "1660-4601",
publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)",
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T1 - Personality Factors and Sick Leave Days. Evidence from a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study in Germany

AU - Raynik, Yulia I

AU - König, Hans-Helmut

AU - Hajek, André

PY - 2020/2/9

Y1 - 2020/2/9

N2 - BACKGROUND: The question of whether employees' sickness absence from the workplace depends on personality has been researched. Existing evidence mostly stems from cross-sectional studies, mainly showing that personality factors were not associated with the number of sick leave days, except for neuroticism, which was positively associated with sick leave days. Based on the above, it remains an under researched question whether intraindividual changes in personality factors are associated with changes in sick leave days. Thus, based on a nationally representative sample, the current study aimed to investigate the relationship between personality factors and sick leave days longitudinally based on a nationally representative sample of individuals in Germany.METHODS: The present study used data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), a longitudinal survey of private households in Germany. Information from the years 2005, 2009, 2013 were used. The Big Five Inventory-GSOEP (BFI-S) was used to measure personality. Sick leave days in the preceding year were recorded. Poisson fixed effects regressions were used.RESULTS: Adjusting for potential confounders, regressions showed that increases in neuroticism were associated with increased sick leave days. The longitudinal association between extraversion and sick leave days was marginally significant (p < 0.10). Other personality factors were not significantly associated with sick leave days. In addition, sick leave days increased with worsening self-rated health, presence of severe disability and increasing age.CONCLUSIONS: The findings of the current study highlight the association between neuroticism and sick leave days longitudinally. Further research is required to elucidate the underlying mechanisms.

AB - BACKGROUND: The question of whether employees' sickness absence from the workplace depends on personality has been researched. Existing evidence mostly stems from cross-sectional studies, mainly showing that personality factors were not associated with the number of sick leave days, except for neuroticism, which was positively associated with sick leave days. Based on the above, it remains an under researched question whether intraindividual changes in personality factors are associated with changes in sick leave days. Thus, based on a nationally representative sample, the current study aimed to investigate the relationship between personality factors and sick leave days longitudinally based on a nationally representative sample of individuals in Germany.METHODS: The present study used data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), a longitudinal survey of private households in Germany. Information from the years 2005, 2009, 2013 were used. The Big Five Inventory-GSOEP (BFI-S) was used to measure personality. Sick leave days in the preceding year were recorded. Poisson fixed effects regressions were used.RESULTS: Adjusting for potential confounders, regressions showed that increases in neuroticism were associated with increased sick leave days. The longitudinal association between extraversion and sick leave days was marginally significant (p < 0.10). Other personality factors were not significantly associated with sick leave days. In addition, sick leave days increased with worsening self-rated health, presence of severe disability and increasing age.CONCLUSIONS: The findings of the current study highlight the association between neuroticism and sick leave days longitudinally. Further research is required to elucidate the underlying mechanisms.

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DO - 10.3390/ijerph17031089

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JO - INT J ENV RES PUB HE

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