Work-family conflicts and pain interference among midlife adults: a longitudinal serial mediation via family strain and loneliness.

IF 2.4 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychology & Health Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-29 DOI:10.1080/08870446.2023.2259929

Nguyen P Nguyen, Shin Ye Kim, Hannah B Yoo, Sophia Tran

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Abstract

Objective: Work-family conflict has been shown to adversely affect individuals' health and function, particularly among individuals with chronic pain. The current study's longitudinal serial mediation model examined whether work-to-family conflict predicted greater pain interference through higher levels of family strain and loneliness among midlife adults with chronic pain.

Methods and measures: The study consisted of 303 participants from two waves of the national longitudinal study of Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) at wave II from 2004 to 2006 (M_age = 57, SD = 11) and wave 3 from 2013 to 2014 (M_age = 66, SD = 11). Participants were employed at time 1 and had chronic pain at both time points, and 54.5% of participants identified as female.

Results: Family strain at time 1 (T1) and loneliness at time 2 (T2), respectively, significantly mediated the association of work-to-family conflict (T1) on pain interference at T2. Participants with greater work-to-family conflict perceived more family strain, felt lonelier, and, in turn, reported experiencing higher interference from chronic pain.

Conclusion: Results suggest that unmanaged work-to-family conflict could be a risk factor that exacerbates chronic pain symptoms through worsening family relationships and loneliness among midlife adults with chronic pain.

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中年成年人的工作-家庭冲突和疼痛干预：通过家庭压力和孤独进行的纵向系列调解。

目的：工作与家庭冲突已被证明会对个体的健康和功能产生不利影响，尤其是在患有慢性疼痛的个体中。当前研究的纵向系列中介模型检验了在患有慢性疼痛的中年成年人中，工作与家庭冲突是否会通过更高水平的家庭压力和孤独感来预测更大的疼痛干扰。方法和措施：该研究由303名参与者组成，他们来自2004年至2006年第二波美国中年国家纵向研究（MIDUS）（Mage = 57，标准差 = 11） 2013年至2014年的第3波（Mage = 66，标准差 = 11）。参与者在时间1受雇，在这两个时间点都有慢性疼痛，54.5%的参与者被认定为女性。结果：时间1（T1）的家庭压力和时间2（T2）的孤独感分别显著介导了工作与家庭冲突（T1）对T2疼痛干扰的影响。工作与家庭冲突更大的参与者感受到了更多的家庭压力，感到更孤独，反过来，他们也报告说受到了更大的慢性疼痛的干扰。结论：研究结果表明，在患有慢性疼痛的中年成年人中，未经管理的工作与家庭冲突可能是一个风险因素，通过恶化家庭关系和孤独感加剧慢性疼痛症状。

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Psychology & Health Multiple-

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7.30

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期刊介绍： Psychology & Health promotes the study and application of psychological approaches to health and illness. The contents include work on psychological aspects of physical illness, treatment processes and recovery; psychosocial factors in the aetiology of physical illnesses; health attitudes and behaviour, including prevention; the individual-health care system interface particularly communication and psychologically-based interventions. The journal publishes original research, and accepts not only papers describing rigorous empirical work, including meta-analyses, but also those outlining new psychological approaches and interventions in health-related fields.