Research Design Connection: Economic Insecurity and Pain
Research by Chou, Parmar and Galinsky argues for careful attention to user comfort, for example, close reviews of ergonomics, in spaces where people might experience economic insecurity. This team found that “The past decade has seen a rise in both economic insecurity and frequency of physical pain. The current research reveals a causal connection between these two growing and consequential social trends…We found that economic insecurity produced physical pain and reduced pain tolerance…The link between economic insecurity and physical pain emerged when people experienced the insecurity personally (unemployment), when they were in an insecure context (they were informed that their state had a relatively high level of unemployment), and when they contemplated past and future economic insecurity…we also established that the psychological experience of lacking control helped generate the causal link from economic insecurity to physical pain.” Eileen Chou, Bidhan Parmar, and Adam Galinsky. “Economic Insecurity Increases Physical Pain.” …
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