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Assessing the Relationship Between Work-Family Conflict and Smoking
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Jun 21 2012
Source: Am J Public Health. 102(9):1767-1772. -
Alternative Title:Am J Public Health
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Description:Objectives
To examine the relationship between smoking and work-family conflict among a sample of New England long-term care facility workers.
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Data were collected using in-person, structured interviews from workers in four extended care facilities.
Results
There was a strong association between smoking likelihood and work-family conflict. Workers who experienced both stress at home from work issues (i.e., work to home conflict) and stress and work from personal issues (i.e., home to work conflict) had 3.1 times higher odds of smoking compared to those who did not experience these types of conflict. Workers who experienced home to work conflict had an odds of 2.3 compared to those who did not experience this type of conflict, and workers who experienced work to home conflict had an odds of 1.6 compared to workers who did not experience this type of conflict.
Discussion
The results of this study indicate that there is a robust relationship between work-family conflict and smoking, but that this relationship is dependent upon the total amount of conflict experienced and the direction of the conflict.
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Pubmed ID:22720765
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC3482018
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