Tired, strained, and hurt: The indirect effect of negative affect on the relationship between poor quality sleep and work injuries

Wong, Jennifer H.K., Turner, Nick, Kelloway, E. Kevin and Wadsworth, Emma J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8656-5907 2021. Tired, strained, and hurt: The indirect effect of negative affect on the relationship between poor quality sleep and work injuries. Work and Stress 35 (2) , pp. 153-170. 10.1080/02678373.2020.1774938

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Abstract

We conducted 3 studies to investigate how poor quality sleep relates to work injuries. First, using a sample of employed people living in the United Kingdom (N = 4,238; Study 1), we found that poor quality sleep was related to more frequent workplace injuries via negative affect rather than cognitive failures. Second, we again compared parallel pathways using a sample of USA employees (N = 202; Study 2): poor quality sleep was related to more frequent work injuries via work-related negative affect but not work-related cognitive failures. Third, we used a 2-wave sample of employees from the United Kingdom (N = 71; Study 3) finding that poor quality sleep was related to more frequent work injuries 7 weeks later via negative affect. Comparing high arousal and low arousal negative affect as competing pathways showed that there was a significant indirect effect of the former on the poor quality sleep-work injuries relationship but not the latter. Across 3 studies, we implicated the role of self-control failure stemming from poor quality sleep in predicting more frequent work injuries and suggested initiatives targeting high arousal negative affect as a way of reducing work injuries.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis (Routledge): STM, Behavioural Science and Public Health Titles
ISSN:	0267-8373
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	19 October 2020
Date of Acceptance:	24 May 2020
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2022 13:25
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/135722

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