Work-Family Enrichment and Conflict: Additive Effects, Buffering, or Balance?

被引:103
作者
Gareis, Karen C. [1 ]
Barnett, Rosalind Chait [2 ]
Ertel, Karen A. [3 ]
Berkman, Lisa F. [4 ]
机构
[1] Goodman Res Grp Inc, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[2] Brandeis Univ, Womens Studies Res Ctr, Waltham, MA 02453 USA
[3] Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Soc Human Dev & Hlth, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[4] Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Populat & Dev Studies, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
关键词
families and work; well-being; work family balance; LIFE SATISFACTION; HEALTH; INTERFACE; STRESSORS; GENDER; SELF;
D O I
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00627.x
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
We used data from the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS I) (N = 2,031) to compare three models of how work-family conflict and enrichment might operate to predict well-being (mental health, life satisfaction, affect balance, partner relationship quality). We found no support for a relative-difference model in which the conflict-enrichment balance predicted outcomes. In the work-to-family direction, the additive model fit best: Both work-to-family conflict and work-to-family enrichment were independently linked to outcomes. In the family-to-work direction, the interactive model fit best: Family-to-work enrichment buffered the negative outcomes ordinarily linked to family-to-work conflict. Enrichment is key because with the additive model, it contributed incremental explanatory power, and with the buffering model, it conditioned conflict-outcome relationships. Work-to-family conflict and family-to-work enrichment appeared particularly salient for well-being.
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页码:696 / 707
页数:12
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