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Junça Silva, A. (2025). The impact of human–animal interactions during micro-breaks on sleep quality and work engagement: A within-person approach. Applied Psychology: An International Review . 74 (2)
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A. L. Silva,  "The impact of human–animal interactions during micro-breaks on sleep quality and work engagement: A within-person approach", in Applied Psychology: An Int. Review , vol. 74, no. 2, 2025
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@article{silva2025_1765581201543,
	author = "Junça Silva, A.",
	title = "The impact of human–animal interactions during micro-breaks on sleep quality and work engagement: A within-person approach",
	journal = "Applied Psychology: An International Review ",
	year = "2025",
	volume = "74",
	number = "2",
	doi = "10.1111/apps.70007",
	url = "https://iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14640597"
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - The impact of human–animal interactions during micro-breaks on sleep quality and work engagement: A within-person approach
T2  - Applied Psychology: An International Review 
VL  - 74
IS  - 2
AU  - Junça Silva, A.
PY  - 2025
SN  - 0269-994X
DO  - 10.1111/apps.70007
UR  - https://iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14640597
AB  - This study draws on the Recovery Step Model and the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory to propose a framework that examines how and when sleep quality influences work engagement. Specifically, we tested a moderated mediation model where sleep quality predicts employees' work engagement through enhanced self-regulatory resources at the within-person level. Additionally, we investigated whether human–animal interactions (HAIs), during micro-breaks, moderate this indirect relationship. Overall, 155 teleworkers participated in a 10-day diary study (155*10 = 1550 measurement occasions). The multilevel analysis revealed that daily sleep quality positively predicted employees' work engagement by enhancing their self-regulatory resources. Moreover, this relationship was stronger for individuals who engaged in micro-breaks involving interactions with their companion animals. As the frequency of HAIs during micro-breaks increased, so did employees' levels of work engagement. These findings expand the recovery step model and the furr-recovery method by demonstrating that HAIs serve as beneficial micro-breaks during work hours, providing a restorative function that enhances work engagement. In sum, at least one HAI during the workday could have significant implications for employees' work engagement.
ER  -