Antecedents and Consequences of Work–Family Conflict: A Prospective Cohort Study

Jansen, Nicole; Kant, IJmert; Kristensen, Tage S.; Nijhuis, Frans

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“…Van Hooff and co-authors attempted to disentangle these relationships in a longitudinal study from 2005, and found a significantly better fit for the model implying strain-based work-home interference as being the precursor to poor health than the opposite (van Hooff et al, 2005). Another prospective study came to the same conclusion (Jansen et al, 2003), although in both papers it is stated that a reversed causation cannot be ruled out, and that a bi-directional relationship may be at hand.…”

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confidence: 75%

“…Thus, both WFC and FWC affected the mental health of men and women in three countries in the previously mentioned study from 2004(Chandola et al, 2004. As reported above, in the Dutch prospective study, employees reporting such conflict had a higher average number of absent days over six months of follow-up (Jansen et al, 2006) and also a significantly higher risk of developing fatigue and an elevated need for recovery (Jansen, Kant, Kristensen, & Nijhuis, 2003). Frone, in 2000, found that both WFC and FWC were also positively related to clinically significant diagnoses of mood, anxiety, and substance dependence disorders (Frone, 2000).…”

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Conflict between the work and family domains and exhaustion among vocationally active men and women

Canivet

Östergren

Lindeberg

et al. 2010

Social Science & Medicine

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Exhaustion is consistently found to be more prevalent in women than in men. Women suffer from job strain more often, which may constitute a partial explanation for this phenomenon, but experienced shortcomings in combining work and family demands may also contribute to ill health. The aim of this study was to investigate, and analyse by gender, how work-related and family-related factors, as well as the interface between them, i.e. work-to-family conflict (WFC) and family-to-work conflict (FWC), are related to exhaustion. The study was crosssectional with self-administered questionnaires assessing exposures and outcome with previously well validated instruments. The participants were 2,726 men and 2,735 women, aged 45 to 64, vocationally active, and residing in Malmö, Sweden. Sixteen percent of the women and 8% of the men considered themselves exhausted. WFC, FWC, job strain, and low job support were all strongly correlated to exhaustion in both genders. In the multivariate analyses, adjusting for other work and family risk factors, WFC and FWC remained statistically significant risk factors for exhaustion in both men and women. Job strain, low job support, and having a somatic disorder were also independently associated with exhaustion. While WFC was more prevalent among men, it was more strongly associated with exhaustion in women than in men. In women, WFC and FWC contributed to a larger part of the explanatory power of the model, which amounted to 22% of the variance in women and 14% in men. The results imply that the concept of 'work stress' should be regarded in a wider context in order to understand gender related issues of exhaustion among vocationally active individuals.

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Section: Methodological Considerations and Comparison With Previous Smentioning

confidence: 75%

Section: Methodological Considerations and Comparison With Previous Smentioning

confidence: 90%

Conflict between the work and family domains and exhaustion among vocationally active men and women

Canivet

Östergren

Lindeberg

et al. 2010

Social Science & Medicine

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“…Unfortunately, surprisingly few studies on these outcomes have been conducted. In an earlier study, we found that shiftworkers reported a higher risk of work-family conflict when compared with dayworkers (35). Work-family conflict is a perception of insufficient energy and time to combine work and family roles successfully (36).…”

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Direction of shift rotation among three-shift workers in relation to psychological health and work-family conflict

Amelsvoort¹,

Jansen²,

Swaen³

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Scand J Work Environ Health

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van Amelsvoort LGPM, Jansen NWH, Swaen GMH, van den Brandt PA, Kant I. Direction of shift rotation among three-shift workers in relation to psychological health and work-family conflict. Scand J Work Environ Health 2004;30(2):149-156. ObjectivesThe aim of the present study was to investigate whether the direction of shift rotation was related to the need for recovery, fatigue, sleep quality, work-family conflict, and leisure time among three-shift workers.Methods Data of 95 workers in forward-rotating three-shift work and 681 workers in backward-rotating threeshift work, with 32 months of follow-up, in the Maastricht cohort study (N=12 095) were used. Both crosssectional and longitudinal analyses were carried out.Results A backward rotation schedule was prospectively related to an increased need for recovery [relative risk (RR) 2.88, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.06-7.81] and poor general health (RR 3.21, 95% CI 1.32-7.83), as compared with a forward rotation schedule. Adjustment for demographic and health variables and the characteristics of the work environment did not alter these relations considerably. Furthermore, a forward rotation schedule was prospectively related to less work-family conflict and better sleep quality over the 32 months of follow-up. Finally, high levels of fatigue, need for recovery, poor sleep quality, poor general health, insufficient leisure time, and work-family conflict at first measurement were associated with an increased risk of leaving shiftwork during the follow-up. ConclusionsOptimization of shiftwork schedules, in terms of shift rotation, seems a promising method for decreasing the negative impact accompanying shiftwork. Future studies should investigate whether these findings for three-shift workers are applicable to other shiftwork schedules as well. Furthermore, this study clearly illustrates the existence of secondary selection processes among shiftworkers and thereby emphasizes the complexity of valid shiftwork research.

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“…Other studies have also found that work-related factors are related to work-family conflicts such as working overtime, time travelling to work and physical demands 22 . Socioeconomic status and other work-related factors were included to measure their possible effects on the relationship between work -family conflicts and recommended food habits or physical activity.…”

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Associations of work–family conflicts with food habits and physical activity

Roos

Sarlio-Lähteenkorva

Lallukka

et al. 2007

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: This study examines the relationship between family-work conflicts with food habits and physical activity, and whether the relationship is dependent on family structure and work-related factors. Design and setting: Cross-sectional postal surveys were carried out in 2001 and 2002 among employees of the City of Helsinki, Finland, aged 40 -60 years (n ¼ 5346, response rate 66%; for women 70% and for men 60%). Dependent variables in logistic regression analyses were nationally recommended food habits and physical activity. Independent variables were work -family conflicts and family -work conflicts. Covariates included age, marital status, number of children, occupational class, working hours, time travelling to work, and physical and mental work load. Results: Women reporting strong work-family conflicts were more likely to follow recommended food habits (odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals 1.49 (1.19-1.86)), but this relationship weakened when adjusting for work-related factors (OR 1.20 (0.93 -1.55)). Women and men with strong family -work conflicts were less likely to report recommended food habits after adjusting for family structure and workrelated factors (women OR 0.75 (0.61 -0.92), men OR 0.57 (0.34-0.96)). Women and men with strong work-family conflicts were less likely to follow the recommended amount of physical activity (women OR 0.76 (0.60-0.96), men OR 0.54 (0.34-0.87)). Additionally, women with strong family -work conflicts were less likely to follow the recommended amount of physical activity ). Adjusting for family and work-related factors did not affect these associations. Conclusions: Conflicts between paid work and family life are likely to constitute barriers for a physically active lifestyle and possibly also for healthy food habits. Improving the balance between work and family may provide a route for promoting health-related behaviours.

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Antecedents and Consequences of Work–Family Conflict: A Prospective Cohort Study

Cited by 203 publications

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Conflict between the work and family domains and exhaustion among vocationally active men and women

Conflict between the work and family domains and exhaustion among vocationally active men and women

Direction of shift rotation among three-shift workers in relation to psychological health and work-family conflict

Associations of work–family conflicts with food habits and physical activity

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