The Study Demands-Resources Framework: An Empirical Introduction

Tino Lesener, Leonard Santiago Pleiss, Burkhard Gusy and Christine Wolter
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Tino Lesener: Division of Prevention and Psychosocial Health Research, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Leonard Santiago Pleiss: Division of Prevention and Psychosocial Health Research, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Burkhard Gusy: Division of Prevention and Psychosocial Health Research, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Christine Wolter: Division of Prevention and Psychosocial Health Research, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 14, 1-13

Abstract: Based on the well-established job demands-resources (JD-R) framework, in our study we introduce the novel study demands-resources (SD-R) framework. The SD-R framework allows the study of salutogenic and pathogenic effects of university settings on students’ health and well-being. Using a large sample of university students ( n = 5660), our aim was to translate and validate the JD-R’s essential assumptions within the university context, and thus establish the SD-R framework. We performed structural equation modelling to examine these essential assumptions. As assumed, we found that study demands—the “bad things” at university—predict student burnout (β = 0.50), whereas study resources—the “good things” at university—predict student engagement (β = 0.70) as well as burnout (β = −0.35). Also, in line with the SD-R’s assumptions, student burnout predicts life satisfaction negatively (β = −0.34), whereas student engagement predicts life satisfaction positively (β = 0.29). Hence, we were able to introduce the novel SD-R framework and validate its core assumptions. The SD-R framework serves as an excellent theoretical basis to examine both the salutogenic and pathogenic effects of the study context on students’ health and well-being. However, the framework needs further longitudinal and meta-analytical verification in accordance with the research on the JD-R framework.

Keywords: study demands-resources framework; student engagement; student burnout; mental health; university students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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