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. 2007 Feb 14;80(7):599–613. doi: 10.1007/s00420-007-0172-5

Table 4.

Activity patterns, experiences, recovery indicators, work involvement and work motivation during the weekend

Total sample (N = 93) Low-effort group (N = 27) High-effort group (N = 24) F (df) P
M SD M SD M SD
Hypothesis 3a % Days
 Domestic 97 13 98 10 96 14 0.13 (1, 45) 0.74
 Active leisure 70 32 76 29 63 30 3.16 (1, 45) 0.08
 Passive leisure 87 26 85 27 79 33 0.27 (1, 45) 0.61
 Overtime 43 39 37 41 50 42 2.23 (1, 45) 0.14
Hypothesis 3a Time
 Domestic 5.0 2.4 5.0 2.0 5.3 2.5 0.14 (1, 43) 0.71
 Active leisure 2.5 2.0 2.4 1.6 2.4 2.6 0.11 (1, 43) 0.74
 Passive leisure 2.6 1.6 2.7 1.5 2.7 1.9 0.38 (1, 43) 0.54
 Overtime 1.2 1.4 0.8 0.9 1.4 1.7 6.14 (1, 45) <0.05
Hypothesis 3b Effort (1–10)
 Domestic 3.33 1.80 2.65 1.44 3.91 1.97 5.87 (1, 45) <0.05
 Active leisure 3.24 1.92 2.41 1.64 3.87 2.13 6.50 (1, 42) <0.05
 Overtime 4.54 2.01 3.42 1.72 5.49 1.80 9.01 (1, 24) <0.01
 Passive leisure 2.09 1.42 1.73 1.24 2.65 1.59 5.49 (1, 41) <0.05
Pleasure (1–10)
 Domestic 6.24 1.10 6.20 1.31 6.07 1.02 0.15 (1, 45) 0.70
 Active leisure 7.68 0.88 7.58 0.97 7.61 0.82 0.02 (1, 42) 0.89
 Overtime 6.03 1.57 6.28 1.78 5.96 1.25 0.58 (1, 24) 0.45
 Passive leisure 7.47 0.95 7.41 1.10 7.57 0.86 0.14 (1, 41) 0.71
Hypothesis 3c and 3d Health and well-being
 Fatigue (t1) 3.43 2.10 2.69 1.69 4.00 2.24 Time: 3.39 (2, 41) <0.05
 Fatigue (t2) 4.26 2.04 3.56 1.64 4.72 2.21 Group: 7.80 (1, 42) <0.05
 Fatigue (t3) 5.69 2.09 4.56 2.19 6.38 1.57 Time × group: 0.15 (2, 41) 0.87
 Sleep complaints 1.04 1.11 0.94 1.07 1.40 1.31 1.44 (1, 44) 0.24
 Sleep time 7.88 1.05 7.74 1.10 7.91 0.94 0.69 (1, 43) 0.41
 Preoccupation work 2.41 1.07 2.09 0.94 2.69 1.15 2.28 (1, 44) 0.14
 Work motivation 3.30 0.98 3.50 0.91 2.89 0.99 5.27 (1, 44) <0.05

F-statistics, P-values, and means and standard deviations for the total sample and for the two effort-groups