Diagnostic of (unfavorable) work motivation in psychosomatic rehabilitation patients
Regarding vocational reintegration the diagnostic of work motivation plays an important role during rehabilitation. The diagnostic instrument for work motivation (DIAMO) characterizes rehabilitants by their motivational conditions and enables to split them into two groups: advantageous vs. disadvantageous motivational structure. With the additional consideration of the characteristic depressiveness (depressed/non-depressed) four groups result from the combination of these two characteristics: non-depressed/advantageous motivational structure, depressed/advantageous motivational structure, non-depressed/disadvantageous motivational structure & depressed/disadvantageous motivational structure.
The present study investigates to what extent the four groups differ from each other regarding sociodemographic and work-related variables as well as variables of psychosocial workload and which consequences and intervention can be derived from it for psychosomatic rehabilitation. The Sample consists of 998 rehabilitants at the psychosomatic department of the Oberharz Rehabilitation Center. The data basis includes data from psychological assessment as well as data from insurance accounts. Differences between the four groups were detected by carrying out analysis of variances and Chisquared tests.
Results showed significant differences between the four groups regarding variables measuring psychosocial workload as well as work-related variables. Non-depressed rehabilitants with an advantageous motivational structure had the most favorable values, whereas depressed rehabilitants with disadvantageous motivational structure showed the less favorable values. Interventions especially adapted for rehabilitation patients with a disadvantageous motivational structure associated with a high level of depressive symptoms are required in order to foster return to work.
