Blog post by Tony Zbysinski Blog edited by Courtney Keim December 2024 As a student of epidemiology, I see the potential benefit of my occupational health psychology (OHP) colleagues learning from epidemiologists, especially as it relates to research design and methods. Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) are one such tool that has been long utilized in the discipline of epidemiology (Howards et al., 2012). In short, DAGs can be used to illustrate causal relationships before beginning a ...

Blog post by Haley Cobb & Shelly Rauvola – summarizing Cobb et al. (2024) Blog edited by Keaton Fletcher Have you ever been so stressed from work that you felt you couldn’t meet your personal life demands? Has that stress impacted how you feel in your relationship? And conversely - have you ever felt like your partner was so stressed at work that you felt dissatisfied in your relationship? If so, you’re not alone. In work-family research, we often consider how the strain we experie...

In Occupational Health Psychology (OHP), researchers often seek to understand the causal relationships between workplace factors and employee well-being. As a graduate student in epidemiology, I see great potential for epidemiology methods in OHP. The epidemiology discipline also has a strong focus on causal inference, where discussion on proper methodology, uncertainty, and validity comes foremost. Much of the theory behind causal inference began with Bradford Hill’s 9 “Considerations for Caus...

Blog post by Drake Van Egdom – summarizing Van Egdom et al. (2024) Blog edited by Keaton Fletcher October 2024 The birth of a child brings extensive family demands, even for academic faculty who often have flexible jobs. Mothers in academia may face even more challenges as they are more likely to juggle children, household responsibilities, and job demands, leading to less uninterrupted work time they can spend on research. These difficulties can create a loss of high-quality research....