ABSTRACT

Individuals with higher work-to-family conflict (WTFC) in general are more likely to report poorer physical and mental health. Less research, however, has examined the daily implications of WTFC, such as whether individuals’ reactions to minor WTFC day-to-day (e.g. missing family dinner due to work obligation) are associated with health outcomes. We examined whether affective reactivity to daily WTFC was associated with poorer sleep, health behaviours, and mental health in a sample who may be particularly vulnerable to daily WTFC. Employed parents in the IT industry with adolescent-aged children (N = 118, M_age= 45.01, 44.07% female) reported daily WTFC and negative affect on 8 consecutive days, in addition to completing a survey that assessed sleep, health behaviours (smoking, drinking, exercise, fast food consumption), and psychological distress. Multilevel modelling outputted individual reactivity slopes by regressing daily negative affect on the day’s WTFC. Results of general linear models indicated that affective reactivity to WTFC was associated with poorer sleep quality and higher levels of psychological distress – even when controlling for average daily negative affect on non-WTFC days. Individual differences in reactivity to daily WTFC have implications for health. Interventions aimed to reduce daily WTFC and reactivity to it are needed.

摘要

一般来说，工作与家庭冲突 (WTFC) 较高的个人更有可能报告身体和心理健康状况较差。然而，较少的研究检查了 WTFC 的日常影响，例如个人对日常轻微 WTFC 的反应（例如，由于工作义务而错过家庭聚餐）是否与健康结果相关。我们检查了对日常 WTFC 的情感反应是否与可能特别容易受到日常 WTFC 影响的样本中较差的睡眠、健康行为和心理健康有关。有青春期子女的 IT 行业就业父母（N  = 118，M_年龄= 45.01, 44.07% 女性) 除了完成一项评估睡眠、健康行为（吸烟、饮酒、运动、快餐消费）和心理困扰的调查外，还连续 8 天报告了每日 WTFC 和负面影响。多级建模通过回归对当天 WTFC 的每日负面影响来输出个体反应性斜率。一般线性模型的结果表明，对 WTFC 的情感反应与较差的睡眠质量和较高的心理困扰有关——即使在控制非 WTFC 日的平均每日负面影响时也是如此。对日常 WTFC 反应的个体差异对健康有影响。需要旨在减少日常 WTFC 及其反应性的干预措施。