TY - JOUR
T1 - Smoking as a moderator of the relationship between affective state and absence from work
AU - Parkes, Katharine R.
PY - 1983/11/1
Y1 - 1983/11/1
N2 - 192 female student nurses from 2 hospitals were administered the Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire and a measure of smoking behavior. Sickness and absence data were taken from Ss' training records. Prior to exposure to the work situation, levels of affective distress did not differ significantly between groups differing in smoking behavior (nonsmoker, relaxation smokers, and stress smokers). Multiple regression analysis showed overall significant differences in absence frequency between hospitals and between smokers and nonsmokers. There was also a significant interaction between smoking behavior and affective state; only among the stress smokers did initial level of affective distress predict frequency of absence. Thus, the present study (conducted in a setting that did not permit smoking during working hours), showed that withdrawal from work in direct relation to affective symptom levels occurred only among Ss who habitually smoked in response to stress. (56 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
AB - 192 female student nurses from 2 hospitals were administered the Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire and a measure of smoking behavior. Sickness and absence data were taken from Ss' training records. Prior to exposure to the work situation, levels of affective distress did not differ significantly between groups differing in smoking behavior (nonsmoker, relaxation smokers, and stress smokers). Multiple regression analysis showed overall significant differences in absence frequency between hospitals and between smokers and nonsmokers. There was also a significant interaction between smoking behavior and affective state; only among the stress smokers did initial level of affective distress predict frequency of absence. Thus, the present study (conducted in a setting that did not permit smoking during working hours), showed that withdrawal from work in direct relation to affective symptom levels occurred only among Ss who habitually smoked in response to stress. (56 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
KW - tobacco smoking & affective state, absence from work, student nurses
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0020856546&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/0021-9010.68.4.698
DO - 10.1037/0021-9010.68.4.698
M3 - Article
C2 - 6643345
AN - SCOPUS:0020856546
VL - 68
SP - 698
EP - 708
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
SN - 0021-9010
IS - 4
ER -