Positive Psychological Micro-Interventions to Improve the Work–Family Interface: Use Your Resources and Count Your Blessings
The present study is designed to test the effectiveness of two positive psychological micro-interventions (“use your resources” and “count your blessings”) aimed at improving the combination of work and family roles. Based on the Transactional Model of Stress (TMS), the Conservation of Resources (CO...
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| author | Maria C. W. Peeters Maria C. W. Peeters Elianne F. van Steenbergen Elianne F. van Steenbergen Jan Fekke Ybema |
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| description | The present study is designed to test the effectiveness of two positive psychological micro-interventions (“use your resources” and “count your blessings”) aimed at improving the combination of work and family roles. Based on the Transactional Model of Stress (TMS), the Conservation of Resources (COR) Theory and the Work-Home Resources (WH-R) Model, it was expected that the interventions would result in a more positive cognitive appraisal of combining both roles as well as in less work-to-family and family-to-work conflict and more work-to-family and family-to-work enrichment. The hypotheses were tested in a field experiment with three conditions and three measurement waves. In total, 218 working mothers participated in the study. The “use your resources” intervention appeared effective in sorting positive effects on the work–family outcome variables. Participating in the “count your blessing” micro-intervention did not result in a better (appraisal of the) combination of work and family roles. Moreover, for generating positive effects it was important that the participants performed the exercises on a regular basis: the more days women performed the exercise, the stronger the effects. The implications of our findings for future interventions to improve work–family role combining are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d9f8c4cb29b418ba9c06afe2cfd38c12022-12-22T01:46:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-02-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.00275509929Positive Psychological Micro-Interventions to Improve the Work–Family Interface: Use Your Resources and Count Your BlessingsMaria C. W. Peeters0Maria C. W. Peeters1Elianne F. van Steenbergen2Elianne F. van Steenbergen3Jan Fekke Ybema4Department of Social, Health and Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NetherlandsIndustrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, NetherlandsDepartment of Social, Health and Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NetherlandsDutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), Amsterdam, NetherlandsDepartment of Social, Health and Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NetherlandsThe present study is designed to test the effectiveness of two positive psychological micro-interventions (“use your resources” and “count your blessings”) aimed at improving the combination of work and family roles. Based on the Transactional Model of Stress (TMS), the Conservation of Resources (COR) Theory and the Work-Home Resources (WH-R) Model, it was expected that the interventions would result in a more positive cognitive appraisal of combining both roles as well as in less work-to-family and family-to-work conflict and more work-to-family and family-to-work enrichment. The hypotheses were tested in a field experiment with three conditions and three measurement waves. In total, 218 working mothers participated in the study. The “use your resources” intervention appeared effective in sorting positive effects on the work–family outcome variables. Participating in the “count your blessing” micro-intervention did not result in a better (appraisal of the) combination of work and family roles. Moreover, for generating positive effects it was important that the participants performed the exercises on a regular basis: the more days women performed the exercise, the stronger the effects. The implications of our findings for future interventions to improve work–family role combining are discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00275/fullcognitive appraisalwork–family conflictwork–family enrichmentpositive psychologymicro-interventions |
| spellingShingle | Maria C. W. Peeters Maria C. W. Peeters Elianne F. van Steenbergen Elianne F. van Steenbergen Jan Fekke Ybema Positive Psychological Micro-Interventions to Improve the Work–Family Interface: Use Your Resources and Count Your Blessings Frontiers in Psychology cognitive appraisal work–family conflict work–family enrichment positive psychology micro-interventions |
| title | Positive Psychological Micro-Interventions to Improve the Work–Family Interface: Use Your Resources and Count Your Blessings |
| title_full | Positive Psychological Micro-Interventions to Improve the Work–Family Interface: Use Your Resources and Count Your Blessings |
| title_fullStr | Positive Psychological Micro-Interventions to Improve the Work–Family Interface: Use Your Resources and Count Your Blessings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Positive Psychological Micro-Interventions to Improve the Work–Family Interface: Use Your Resources and Count Your Blessings |
| title_short | Positive Psychological Micro-Interventions to Improve the Work–Family Interface: Use Your Resources and Count Your Blessings |
| title_sort | positive psychological micro interventions to improve the work family interface use your resources and count your blessings |
| topic | cognitive appraisal work–family conflict work–family enrichment positive psychology micro-interventions |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00275/full |
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