ABSTRACT

This study explored work–life imbalance and social support during the Spring 2020 COVID-19 shelter-in-place restrictions in the U.S. and their impact on perceived stress and depression. In addition, the study explored relationships among perceived social support from others, support-seeking behaviors, and the role of weak-tie support network preference and demographic variables in terms of perceived stress and depression. The findings indicate that when controlling for social support, work–life imbalance was a significant predictor of both perceived stress and depression during the shelter-in-place restrictions. Moreover, higher work–life imbalance was a significant predictor of higher weak-tie support preference, while lower perceived social support predicted higher weak-tie support network preference. In addition, the findings indicated significant differences in weak-tie support preference based on living arrangements as well as differences between gender and racial/ethnic groups in terms of perceived stress and depression. The implications of the study findings for theory and practice are discussed along with key limitations and directions for future research.

摘要

本研究探讨了美国 2020 年春季 COVID-19 就地庇护所限制期间的工作与生活失衡和社会支持，以及它们对感知压力和抑郁的影响。此外，该研究探讨了感知到的来自他人的社会支持、寻求支持的行为之间的关系，以及弱关系支持网络偏好和人口变量在感知压力和抑郁方面的作用。研究结果表明，在控制社会支持时，工作与生活的不平衡是就地避难所限制期间感知压力和抑郁的重要预测因素。此外，较高的工作与生活不平衡是较高的弱关系支持偏好的重要预测因素，而较低的感知社会支持预测较高的弱关系支持网络偏好。此外，调查结果表明，基于生活安排的弱关系支持偏好存在显着差异，以及性别和种族/族裔群体在感知压力和抑郁方面的差异。讨论了研究结果对理论和实践的影响以及未来研究的主要局限性和方向。