Effects of Workplace Intervention on Affective Well-Being in Employees' Children

被引:9
作者
Lawson, Katie M. [1 ]
Davis, Kelly D. [2 ]
McHale, Susan M. [3 ]
Almeida, David M. [3 ]
Kelly, Erin L. [4 ]
King, Rosalind B. [5 ]
机构
[1] Ball State Univ, Dept Psychol Sci, 113 North Quad Bldg, Muncie, IN 47306 USA
[2] Oregon State Univ, Human Dev & Family Sci, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA
[3] Penn State Univ, Dept Human Dev & Family Studies, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[4] MIT, Alfred P Sloan Sch Management, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[5] Eunice Kennedy Shriver Natl Inst Child Hlth & Hum, Rockville, MD USA
关键词
adolescence; affective reactivity; negative and positive affect; work-family; workplace intervention; PUBERTAL MATURATION; DAILY STRESSORS; NEGATIVE AFFECT; ADOLESCENCE; HEALTH; WORK; ASSOCIATION; REACTIVITY; GENDER; FAMILY;
D O I
10.1037/dev0000098
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
Using a group-randomized field experimental design, this study tested whether a workplace intervention-designed to reduce work-family conflict-buffered against potential age-related decreases in the affective well-being of employees' children. Daily diary data were collected from 9- to 17-year-old children of parents working in an information technology division of a U.S. Fortune 500 company prior to and 12 months after the implementation of the Support-Transform-Achieve-Results (STAR) workplace intervention. Youth (62 with parents in the STAR group, 41 in the usual-practice group) participated in 8 consecutive nightly phone calls, during which they reported on their daily stressors and affect. Well-being was indexed by positive and negative affect and affective reactivity to daily stressful events. The randomized workplace intervention increased youth positive affect and buffered youth from age-related increases in negative affect and affective reactivity to daily stressors. Future research should test specific conditions of parents' work that may penetrate family life and affect youth well-being.
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页码:772 / 777
页数:6
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