The work-family literature has a scarcity of research focused on understanding individual interventions to improving work-family outcomes. In the present study, we aimed to better understand the role of self-compassion as a means to support work-family management, using a correlational study and an intervention study with an experimental design. In Study 1, we found that self-compassion correlated negatively with work-family conflict and positively with work-family balance, and it incrementally predicted work-to-family conflict and balance over and above similar but distinct constructs of rumination, self-esteem, and mindfulness. Study 2 utilized a longitudinal experimental methodology, whereby half of the participants were randomly assigned to a self-compassion intervention group and half were in a control group. Results showed there was a significant change in work-family balance over time for the experimental group compared to the control group immediately and after 1 week. Work-to-family conflict, specifically the time-based dimension, also showed significant changes across time, such that the experimental group demonstrated greater reductions compared to the control group after both 1 week and 1 month. The findings provide fruitful avenues for future research and theory development, bridging the positive psychology and work-family literatures and offer evidence for the efficacy of an individual-level intervention.

工作与家庭的文献缺乏关注于了解个人干预措施以改善工作与家庭结果的研究。在本研究中，我们旨在通过相关研究和具有实验设计的干预研究，更好地理解自我同情作为支持工作家庭管理的一种手段的作用。在研究 1 中，我们发现自我同情与工作-家庭冲突呈负相关，与工作-家庭平衡呈正相关，并且它逐渐预测工作与家庭的冲突和平衡，超过了类似但不同的反刍、自尊结构，和正念。研究 2 采用纵向实验方法，其中一半的参与者被随机分配到自我同情干预组，另一半被分配到对照组。结果显示，与对照组相比，实验组的工作与家庭平衡随着时间的推移立即和 1 周后发生了显着变化。工作与家庭的冲突，特别是基于时间的维度，也显示出随时间的显着变化，因此与对照组相比，实验组在 1 周和 1 个月后表现出更大的减少。这些发现为未来的研究和理论发展提供了富有成效的途径，将积极心理学和工作家庭文献联系起来，并为个人层面干预的有效性提供了证据。因此，在 1 周和 1 个月后，与对照组相比，实验组的减少幅度更大。这些发现为未来的研究和理论发展提供了富有成效的途径，将积极心理学和工作家庭文献联系起来，并为个人层面干预的有效性提供了证据。因此，在 1 周和 1 个月后，与对照组相比，实验组的减少幅度更大。这些发现为未来的研究和理论发展提供了富有成效的途径，将积极心理学和工作家庭文献联系起来，并为个人层面干预的有效性提供了证据。