Correction to Diestel (2022).

Abstract

Reports an error in "How strategies of selective optimization with compensation and role clarity prevent future increases in affective strain when demands on self-control increase: Results from two longitudinal studies" by Stefan Diestel (Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 2022[Aug], Vol 27[4], 426-440). In the original article, Table 3 needed updates to align the columns properly and to add the asterisk and double asterisk symbols (indicating * p < .05 and ** p < .01) in several entries in the last 3 'Estimate' columns. In the same Table, the third decimal place of the standard error value for 'Affective strain at T1' needed to be corrected in the Step 2 section under the 'Changes in affective strain from T1 to T2 in Sample 2' header. Additionally, Figure 2 included an error in one of the t-values; for "High SOC-strategies and high role clarity at T1," t = 0.184 should have been t = 0.156. The online version of this article has been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2022-55823-001). In modern working environments effective strategies for regulating goal-directed behavior and allocating and investing limited resources (e.g., selection, optimization, and compensation [SOC] strategies) should enable employees to cope up with job demands that require volitional self-regulation, thereby preventing strain over time. However, theoretical insights suggest that the beneficial impact of SOC strategies on psychological health depends on the degree to which employees experience clarity in their job role. To understand how employees stabilize their psychological health when demands increase over time, I examine interaction effects of changes in self-control demands (SCDs), SOC strategies and role clarity at an earlier point in Time on changes in affective strain in two longitudinal samples from different occupational and organizational settings (international private bank: N = 389; heterogenous sample: N = 313, 2 year lag). In line with recent conceptualizations of chronic forms of distress, affective strain involved emotional exhaustion, depressive symptoms, and negative affect. In support of my predictions, structural equation modeling revealed significant three-way interactions of changes in SCDs, SOC strategies and role clarity on changes in affective strain in both samples. In particular, the positive relationships between changes of SCDs and changes in affective strain were jointly buffered by SOC strategies and role clarity. The present findings offer implications for stabilizing well-being when demands increase over long time periods. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).