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Quantifying work–family conflict among registered nurses
Author(s) -
Grzywacz Joseph G.,
Frone Michael R.,
Brewer Carol S.,
Kovner Christine T.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20133
Subject(s) - work (physics) , work–family conflict , medicine , psychology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Work–family conflict is challenging for nurses and the nursing profession. Still unclear is how frequently nurses experience work–family conflict and which nurses experience it most frequently. We document the prevalence and frequency of work–family conflict and describe the demographic predictors of frequent work–family conflict. Nurses reported greater work interference with family than family interference with work. Fifty percent of nurses reported chronic work interference with family (occurring at least once a week); another 41% reported episodic work interference with family (occurring less than 1–3 days per month). In contrast, 52% of nurses reported episodic family interference with work, and 11% reported chronic family interference with work. Few demographic characteristics predicted either work interference with family or family interference with work. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 29: 414–426, 2006