Pain-contingent interruption and resumption of work goals: A within-day diary analysis

Date

1/1/2017

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Publisher

The Journal of Pain

Abstract

Daily pain-related attributions for and negative affective reactions to the non-pursuit of work goals and individual differences in chronic pain severity and stress were used to predict work goal resumption in a sample of 131 adults with chronic pain. Variables were assessed via questionnaires and a 21-day diary. On days when participants reported non-pursuit of work goals in the afternoon, increases in pain-related attributions for goal interruption were positively associated with higher negative affective reactions which, in turn, were associated with an increased likelihood of same-day work goal resumption. Stress amplified the relation between pain-related attributions and negative affective reactions, and chronic pain severity was positively related to work goal resumption.

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Keywords

Chronic Pain, Work Goals, Goal Resumption, Affect, Stress

Citation

Copyright 2016 The Journal of Pain. This is a post-print version of a published paper that is available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1526590015008883 Recommended citation: Okun, Morris, Paul Karoly, Chung Jung Mun, and Hanjoe Kim. "Pain-Contingent Interruption and Resumption of Work Goals: A Within-Day Diary Analysis." The journal of pain: official journal of the American Pain Society 17, no. 1 (2016): 65. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2015.09.012 This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author’s permission.