20.500.12556/RUL-176936 Checkmate the stress how sleep quality and engagement shape daily cognitive adaptability in elite chess players 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. work sleep labour efficiency chess cognitive adaptability Job Demands–Resources model maximal adaptability mode sleep quality work engagement work stress delo spanje delovna uspešnost true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-12-15 15:13:06 2025-12-15 15:13:12 2025-12-26 03:52:13 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 15 str. iss. 6, art. e70146 Vol. 39 Nov./Dec. 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 331.3 0888-4080 10.1002/acp.70146 259168771 Applied_Cognitive_Psychology_-_2025_-_Andolsek_-_Checkmate_the_Stress__How_Sleep_Quality_and_Engagement_Shape_Daily.pdf Applied_Cognitive_Psychology_-_2025_-_Andolsek_-_Checkmate_the_Stress__How_Sleep_Quality_and_Engagement_Shape_Daily.pdf 1 D5529F765C085E8DC4FBC7460B3BA64D 43429f77e87b7f3e414a8de9b65dbb4d275f7bd6b809c46f39376b964644dcda fd2acda9-d9bf-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=223760 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acp.70146 0 f70de73a-d9bf-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=223759 Ekonomska fakulteta Fakulteta za računalništvo in informatiko 0 0 0