Research has suggested that sacrifices are made to manage the work-home interface. They have been however, related to various deleterious effects. Drawing from self-determination theory, we argue that the sacrifice of psychological needs is worse than the sacrifice of activities such as maintenance and leisure in terms of personal functioning. The present two studies investigate whether sacrifices made in one life sphere to attend matters in another are negatively related to well-being and satisfaction, through enhanced work-family conflict, and whether all sacrifices are created equal. One transversal (n = 141) and one three-wave prospective (n = 78) study were conducted among convenience samples of workers who answered online surveys. Results revealed that personal psychological need sacrifices were negatively related to well-being via family to work conflict (FWC) and work to family conflict (WFC), over and beyond other types of sacrifice. In addition, personal psychological need sacrifices led to decreased life and professional satisfaction over 3 months, via FWC and WFC. Hence, need sacrifices, especially those made in the personal sphere, come at a cost and may not be the best long-term strategy to manage one’s work-home interface.

研究表明，为了管理工作与家庭的界面，需要做出牺牲。然而，它们与各种有害影响有关。借鉴自决理论，我们认为，就个人功能而言，牺牲心理需求比牺牲维持和休闲等活动更糟糕。目前的两项研究调查了在一个生活领域做出的牺牲是否与幸福和满意度负相关，通过加剧工作-家庭冲突，以及是否所有的牺牲都是平等的。在回答在线调查的便利样本中进行了一项横向 (n = 141) 和一项三波前瞻性 (n = 78) 研究。结果表明，个人心理需求牺牲通过家庭与工作冲突（FWC）和工作与家庭冲突（WFC）与幸福感呈负相关，超过了其他类型的牺牲。此外，通过 FWC 和 WFC，个人心理需求牺牲导致 3 个月内生活和职业满意度下降。因此，需要牺牲，尤其是在个人领域做出的牺牲，是有代价的，而且可能不是管理工作与家庭界面的最佳长期策略。