Changes in perceived psychosocial working conditions after psychotherapeutic consultation at work – exploratory post-hoc analyses from a randomized controlled trial
Jeannette Weber, Nicole Rosalinde Hander, Peter Angerer, Nadine Mulfinger, Ute Beate Schröder, Marieke Hansmann, Regina Herold, Christoph Kröger, Harald Gündel, Eva Rothermund-Nassir, Meike Heming · 2026
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Jeannette Weber and co-authors revisited a German randomized trial of psychotherapeutic consultation offered at the workplace. The trial served employees with common mental health symptoms. The team asked whether the sessions changed how people experienced their jobs. About five hundred fifty employees were randomized to up to sixteen work-focused sessions or routine care. Working conditions were rated again two years later.
In data from 231 participants, the consultation group reported somewhat lower emotional demands. Work and private life also blurred less at follow-up. The differences were modest. After adjustment for multiple comparisons they no longer cleared the usual significance bar. The authors state that caution plainly. These outcomes had not been pre-specified in the trial plan. Resources such as decision freedom and social support showed no clear shift. The analysis is exploratory, hinting that workplace therapy may ease felt job strain without redesigning the job itself.
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| CREATOR | Jeannette Weber, Nicole Rosalinde Hander, Peter Angerer, Nadine Mulfinger, Ute Beate Schröder, Marieke Hansmann, Regina Herold, Christoph Kröger, Harald Gündel, Eva Rothermund-Nassir, Meike Heming |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |