Intra- and Inter-Individual Associations of Family-to-Work Conflict, Psychological Distress, and Job Satisfaction: Gender Differences in Dual-Earner Parents during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the work-family interface dynamics in some families. For couples who kept earning a double income during the pandemic, their family demands may entail a loss of psychological resources that affect the work domain. This study explored the intra-individual and inter-indiv...
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| author | Berta Schnettler Edgardo Miranda-Zapata Ligia Orellana Mahia Saracostti Héctor Poblete Germán Lobos Cristian Adasme-Berríos María Lapo Katherine Beroiza Andrés Concha-Salgado Leonor Riquelme-Segura José A. Sepúlveda Karol Reutter |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic changed the work-family interface dynamics in some families. For couples who kept earning a double income during the pandemic, their family demands may entail a loss of psychological resources that affect the work domain. This study explored the intra-individual and inter-individual (crossover) direct and indirect effects of family-to-work conflict (FtoWC) on psychological distress and job satisfaction in a non-probabilistic sample of 860 different-sex dual-earner parents with adolescent children from Temuco and Rancagua, Chile. Mothers and fathers answered an online questionnaire measuring FtoWC, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale, and the Overall Job Satisfaction Scale. The data were analyzed using the actor-partner interdependence model with structural equation modeling. Results showed that a higher FtoWC is linked to greater psychological distress and lower job satisfaction in both parents. In contrast, psychological distress is directly linked to lower job satisfaction in fathers. In both fathers and mothers, they and their partners’ FtoWC were indirectly linked to lower job satisfaction via the fathers’ psychological distress. These findings indicate the need for gender-sensitive social and labor policies aimed at reducing the conflict between family and work to increase job satisfaction in both parents and reduce psychological distress, particularly in fathers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c783706ec5204a3998d66d76dd37c3d82024-01-26T15:05:56ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2024-01-011415610.3390/bs14010056Intra- and Inter-Individual Associations of Family-to-Work Conflict, Psychological Distress, and Job Satisfaction: Gender Differences in Dual-Earner Parents during the COVID-19 PandemicBerta Schnettler0Edgardo Miranda-Zapata1Ligia Orellana2Mahia Saracostti3Héctor Poblete4Germán Lobos5Cristian Adasme-Berríos6María Lapo7Katherine Beroiza8Andrés Concha-Salgado9Leonor Riquelme-Segura10José A. Sepúlveda11Karol Reutter12Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Medioambiente, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, ChileCentro de Investigación Escolar y Desarrollo, Cied-UCT, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco 4780000, ChileCentro de Excelencia en Psicología Económica y del Consumo, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, ChileEscuela de Trabajo Social, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2360102, ChileCentro de Excelencia en Psicología Económica y del Consumo, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, ChileFacultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Talca, Talca 3465548, ChileDepartamento de Economía y Administración, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3466706, ChileUniversidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil 090615, EcuadorCentro de Excelencia en Psicología Económica y del Consumo, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, ChileDepartamento de Psicología, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, ChileDepartamento de Trabajo Social, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, ChileCentro de Excelencia en Psicología Económica y del Consumo, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, ChileCentro de Excelencia en Psicología Económica y del Consumo, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4811230, ChileThe COVID-19 pandemic changed the work-family interface dynamics in some families. For couples who kept earning a double income during the pandemic, their family demands may entail a loss of psychological resources that affect the work domain. This study explored the intra-individual and inter-individual (crossover) direct and indirect effects of family-to-work conflict (FtoWC) on psychological distress and job satisfaction in a non-probabilistic sample of 860 different-sex dual-earner parents with adolescent children from Temuco and Rancagua, Chile. Mothers and fathers answered an online questionnaire measuring FtoWC, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale, and the Overall Job Satisfaction Scale. The data were analyzed using the actor-partner interdependence model with structural equation modeling. Results showed that a higher FtoWC is linked to greater psychological distress and lower job satisfaction in both parents. In contrast, psychological distress is directly linked to lower job satisfaction in fathers. In both fathers and mothers, they and their partners’ FtoWC were indirectly linked to lower job satisfaction via the fathers’ psychological distress. These findings indicate the need for gender-sensitive social and labor policies aimed at reducing the conflict between family and work to increase job satisfaction in both parents and reduce psychological distress, particularly in fathers.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/1/56family-to-work conflictjob satisfactionpsychological distressdual-earner couplesdyadic analysis |
| spellingShingle | Berta Schnettler Edgardo Miranda-Zapata Ligia Orellana Mahia Saracostti Héctor Poblete Germán Lobos Cristian Adasme-Berríos María Lapo Katherine Beroiza Andrés Concha-Salgado Leonor Riquelme-Segura José A. Sepúlveda Karol Reutter Intra- and Inter-Individual Associations of Family-to-Work Conflict, Psychological Distress, and Job Satisfaction: Gender Differences in Dual-Earner Parents during the COVID-19 Pandemic Behavioral Sciences family-to-work conflict job satisfaction psychological distress dual-earner couples dyadic analysis |
| title | Intra- and Inter-Individual Associations of Family-to-Work Conflict, Psychological Distress, and Job Satisfaction: Gender Differences in Dual-Earner Parents during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Intra- and Inter-Individual Associations of Family-to-Work Conflict, Psychological Distress, and Job Satisfaction: Gender Differences in Dual-Earner Parents during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Intra- and Inter-Individual Associations of Family-to-Work Conflict, Psychological Distress, and Job Satisfaction: Gender Differences in Dual-Earner Parents during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intra- and Inter-Individual Associations of Family-to-Work Conflict, Psychological Distress, and Job Satisfaction: Gender Differences in Dual-Earner Parents during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Intra- and Inter-Individual Associations of Family-to-Work Conflict, Psychological Distress, and Job Satisfaction: Gender Differences in Dual-Earner Parents during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | intra and inter individual associations of family to work conflict psychological distress and job satisfaction gender differences in dual earner parents during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | family-to-work conflict job satisfaction psychological distress dual-earner couples dyadic analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/1/56 |
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