title: Affect, work-goal schemas, and work-goal striving among adults with chronic pain: a multilevel structural equation analysis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1104, USA. cjmun@asu.edu.
authors.forename: Chung Jung
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Mun
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1104, USA.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karoly
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1104, USA.
authors.forename: Morris A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Okun
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1104, USA.
authors.forename: Hanjoe
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, 06032, USA.
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tennen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; 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 / Q000523:psychology*; D057566:Self Report; D000068356:Self-Control / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Affect; Chronic pain; Daily diary; Goal schemas; Mediation; Self-regulation; Work goals