Table 2.
Immediate effects of vacation on well-being, recovery, strain, and perceived stress.
| IG | CG | All | Time Effect (η 2) | Interaction Effect (η 2) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | T1 1 | T2 2 | n | T1 | T2 | n | T1 | T2 | |||
| Well-being | 19 | 47.3 ± 16.9 | 59.1 ± 21.3 | 19 | 42.8 ± 21.3 | 49.9 ± 18.2 | 38 | 45.1 ± 19.1 | 54.8 ± 19.9 | <0.001 (0.43) | ns 4 (0.04) |
| Recovery | 20 | 3.2 ± 0.6 | 3.5 ± 0.6 | 20 | 3.2 ± 0.8 | 3.7 ± 0.9 | 40 | 3.2 ± 0.7 | 3.6 ± 0.7 | <0.001 (0.41) | ns (0.01) |
| Strain | 20 | 1.9 ± 0.5 | 0.7 ± 0.3 | 20 | 1.9 ± 0.8 | 1.0 ± 0.7 | 40 | 1.9 ± 0.7 | 0.9 ± 0.5 | <0.001 (0.83) | <0.01 (0.13) |
| Perceived Stress 3 | 20 | 45.3 ± 13.2 | 36.2 ± 17.4 | 20 | 42.4 ± 16.4 | 35.5 ± 16.1 | 40 | 43.9 ± 14.7 | 35.8 ± 16.6 | <0.01 (0.25) | Ns (0.005) |
1 T1: Start of vacation, 2 T2: End of vacation, 3: T1 = Baseline value; 4 ns: not significant. IG: Intervention Group; CG: Control Group.