Are return to work beliefs, psychological well-being and perceived health related to return-to-work intentions among women on long-term sick leave for common mental disorders? A cross-sectional study based on the theory of planned behaviour

Table 3 Bivariate correlations^a between the indirect and direct measures (n = 271–278)

Items for indirect measures	Scales for direct measures^b
	Attitude	Subjective norm	Perceived behavioural control
Behavioural beliefs^c
Advantages of RTW
Improved health	0.61**
Meaningfulness	0.53**
Better daily routines	0.47**
Social context	0.46**
Feeling of competence	0.45**
Security	0.43**
Improved personal economy	0.10
Disadvantages of RTW
Risk of increased symptoms	−0.41**
Risk of performing worse than previously	0.14*
Normative beliefs^d
Supporters of RTW
Family/relatives		0.53**
Friends		0.46**
Social Insurance Agency		0.32**
Employer		0.32**
Co-workers		0.24**
Nonsupporters of RTW
Family/relatives		−0.12*
Friends		−0.03
Control beliefs^e
Facilitators of RTW
Well-adapted work tasks I can perform at my own pace			0.35**
Support from friends, family and relatives			0.30**
Support from health care professionals			0.19**
Barriers to RTW
Worsened health			0.48**
Employer, co-workers and/or authorities making unreasonable demands on my work performance			0.30**
Lack of support from those around me			0.19**
My own unreasonable demands on my work performance			0.17**

^aCorrelation with Spearman’s rank coefficient
^bHigher values reflect more positive attitude to-, stronger social pressure to- and stronger perceived behavioural control of RTW
^cBehavioural belief (e.g. If I RTW, my health will get better: strongly disagree (1)-strongly agree [7]) x evaluation of outcome (e.g. that my health gets better is for me: not important at all (−3) – very important (+ 3)). A higher value reflect a higher perceived importance of the advantages/disadvantages for RTW
^dNormative beliefs (e.g. My friends want me to RTW: strongly disagree (− 3)-strongly agree [3]) x motivation to comply (e.g. That my friends want me to RTW is for me: not important at all (1)- very important [7]. A higher value reflect a higher perceived importance of the supporters/nonsupporters for RTW
^eControl belief (e.g. That I get well adapted work tasks is: unlikely [1] – likely [7]) x influence on outcome (e.g. Well adapted work tasks makes it: more difficult (− 3) – easier (+ 3) to RTW). A higher value for facilitators reflect higher motivation to RTW based on the facilitator. Regarding barriers, a lower value reflects a stronger barrier, i.e. that it makes it more difficult to RTW according to the women
** Significant at the 0.01 level
* Significant at the 0.05 level

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