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Family Influences on College Students' Anticipated Work‐Family Conflict, Social Self‐Efficacy, and Self‐Esteem
Author(s) -
Wright Stephen L.,
Kacmarski Jason A.,
Firsick Dylan M.,
JenkinsGuarnieri Michael A.,
Kimm Abigail J.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/cdq.12217
Subject(s) - psychology , self esteem , structural equation modeling , self efficacy , intervening variable , work–family conflict , social psychology , psychological intervention , test (biology) , social cognitive theory , developmental psychology , work (physics) , population , mechanical engineering , engineering , statistics , paleontology , demography , mathematics , psychiatry , sociology , biology
The authors sought to test work‐family conflict (WFC) theory by examining how family relationships may influence WFC, social self‐efficacy, and self‐esteem. They developed and tested a structural model of the relationship between family career influence and self‐esteem through the mediating variables of anticipated emotion‐based WFC, behavior‐based WFC, and the cognitive variable of social self‐efficacy. Data were collected from 301 college students (208 women, 93 men) and analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results indicated that family career influence positively related to college students' self‐esteem through the mediating variables of social self‐efficacy and emotion‐based WFC. Behavior‐based WFC did not function as a mediating variable. When focusing on issues related to students' self‐esteem, career counselors should address ways that family influences anticipated emotion‐based WFC and use interventions designed to increase social self‐efficacy. Future researchers should consider and test additional mediating factors that may help explain how the dimensions of WFC relate to self‐esteem.