The measures against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, such as lockdown, pose a major challenge to those who manage work and caregiving demands. Drawing on social cognitive theory, which emphasizes the critical role of self-referent thought and human agency in overcoming obstacles and striving toward goals, the present longitudinal study (prepandemic, during lockdown, and postlockdown) investigated work-family balance self-efficacy (WFBSE) and work-family balance (WFB) among working informal caregivers of older adults (i.e., those who manage paid work and informal eldercare) during the COVID-19 pandemic (N = 132). As hypothesized, prepandemic WFBSE was positively associated with the level of WFB during lockdown. Prepandemic WFBSE also mitigated the relationship between perceived work demands and WFB as well as the relationship between perceived difficulty to use technology for caregiving and WFB during lockdown. Prepandemic WFBSE, however, did not buffer the relationship between perceived caregiving demands and WFB and the relationship between perceived difficulty to use technology for work and WFB. We also observed that WFB during lockdown was associated with increased postlockdown WFBSE. Collectively, our research reiterates the relevance and utility of self-efficacy in the crisis context and provides empirical evidence for the proposition that positive changes may occur in the face of adversity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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大流行期间工作与家庭平衡的自我效能和工作与家庭平衡：对老年人工作非正式护理人员的纵向研究。


封锁等应对冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 大流行的措施对管理工作和护理需求的人员构成了重大挑战。社会认知理论强调自我参照思维和人类能动性在克服障碍和努力实现目标方面的关键作用，目前的纵向研究（大流行前、封锁期间和封锁后）调查了工作与家庭平衡自我效能（WFBSE） ）和在 COVID-19 大流行期间老年人的非正式护理人员（即管理有偿工作和非正式老年护理的人员）的工作与家庭平衡 (WFB) (N = 132)。正如假设的那样，大流行前的 WFBSE 与封锁期间的 WFB 水平呈正相关。疫情前的 WFBSE 还减轻了感知工作需求与 WFB 之间的关系，以及在封锁期间感知使用技术进行护理的困难与 WFB 之间的关系。然而，大流行前的 WFBSE 并没有缓冲感知的护理需求与 WFB 之间的关系以及感知的使用技术工作的困难与 WFB 之间的关系。我们还观察到锁定期间的 WFB 与锁定后 WFBSE 的增加有关。总的来说，我们的研究重申了危机背景下自我效能感的相关性和实用性，并为逆境中可能发生积极变化的主张提供了经验证据。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。