Affect, work-goal schemas, and work-goal striving among adults with chronic pain: a multilevel structural equation analysis.
For individuals with chronic pain, the within-person influence of affect and goal cognition on daily work-related goal striving is not yet well understood. The present study tested the hypothesis that anticipatory goal cognition in the form of a morning work goal schema mediates the relations between morning affect and later (afternoon and evening) work goal striving. Working adults with chronic pain (N = 131) completed a 21-day diary with morning, afternoon, and evening assessments analyzed via multi-level structural equation modeling. At the within-person level, morning positive and negative affect were positively associated with morning work goal schemas; and morning work goal schemas, in turn, positively predicted both afternoon and evening work goal striving. Our findings underscore the complex dynamics over time of the relationship between affect and self-regulatory processes and have implications for future studies and for interventions to assist working adults with chronic pain.
['Mun|Chung Jung|CJ|', 'Karoly|Paul|P|', 'Okun|Morris A|MA|', 'Kim|Hanjoe|H|', 'Tennen|Howard|H|']
D000328:Adult D000339:Affect D059350:Chronic Pain D002940:Circadian Rhythm D005260:Female D006040:Goals D006801:Humans D008297:Male D008875:Middle Aged D008960:Models, Psychological D009042:Motivation D055361:Multilevel Analysis D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational D057566:Self Report D000068356:Self-Control
Affect Chronic pain Work goals Goal schemas Mediation Daily diary Self-regulation