Checkmate the stress : how sleep quality and engagement shape daily cognitive adaptability in elite chess players

Andolšek, Jure (avtor), Zirkelbach, Maj (avtor), Černe, Matej (avtor), Krivec, Jana (avtor)

In cognitively demanding environments, adaptability under pressure is essential but fragile. Drawing on the Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) framework and the Maximal Adaptability Model, this study explores how work stress, work engagement, and sleep quality interact to shape daily adaptability in elite chess players. Using experience sampling and objective sleep tracking over 30 days during the European Team Chess Championship, we analyzed within-person dynamics among eight national team players. Multilevel moderated mediation analyses revealed that daily stress reduced engagement, which in turn mediated effects on adaptability. Crucially, sleep quality moderated this process: players translated engagement into adaptability more effectively following higher-quality sleep. Theoretically, we reconceptualize engagement as a fluctuating bridge linking JD-R's dual pathways and position sleep as a core psychological resource for adaptive functioning. Practically, our findings emphasize the critical role of sleep in sustaining performance and suggest that recovery-focused interventions may enhance adaptability in cognitively demanding professional environments.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: work, sleep, labour efficiency, chess, cognitive adaptability, Job Demands–Resources model, maximal adaptability mode, sleep quality, work engagement, work stress
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta; FRI - Fakulteta za računalništvo in informatiko
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: 15 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 39, iss. 6, art. e70146
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-176936
• UDK: 331.3
• ISSN pri članku: 0888-4080
• DOI: 10.1002/acp.70146
• COBISS.SI-ID: 259168771
• Datum objave v RUL: 15.12.2025

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Applied cognitive psychology
• Skrajšan naslov: Appl. cogn. psychol.
• Založnik: Wiley
• ISSN: 0888-4080
• COBISS.SI-ID: 512146713

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Licenca Creative Commons, ki prepoveduje komercialno uporabo, vendar uporabniki ne rabijo upravljati materialnih avtorskih pravic na izpeljanih delih z enako licenco.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: delo, spanje, delovna uspešnost

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: J5-4574
• Naslov: Omejitve agilnega dela: preučevanje učinkov agilnosti na spanje in inovativnost

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0441
• Naslov: Regeneracija ekonomije in posla