Abstract

OBJECTIVES
We examined the relationship between smoking and work-family conflict among a sample of New England long-term-care facility workers.
METHODS
To collect data, we conducted in-person, structured interviews with workers in 4 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 at work from personal issues (i.e., home-to-work conflict) had 3.1 times higher odds of smoking than those who did not experience these types of conflict. Workers who experienced home-to-work conflict had an odds of 2.3 compared with those who did not experience this type of conflict, and workers who experienced work-to-home conflict had an odds of 1.6 compared with workers who did not experience this type of conflict.
CONCLUSIONS
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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Authors

Nelson CC, Li Y, Sorensen G, Berkman LF

Institution

Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Source

American journal of public health 102:9 2012 Sep pg 1767-72

MeSH

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Conflict (Psychology)
Cross-Sectional Studies
Family
Female
Health Personnel
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
New England
Nursing Homes
Prevalence
Questionnaires
Smoking
Work
Young Adult

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22720765