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Types of work‐family interface: Well‐being correlates of negative and positive spillover between work and family
Author(s) -
KINNUNEN ULLA,
FELDT TARU,
GEURTS SABINE,
PULKKINEN LEA
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2006.00502.x
Subject(s) - spillover effect , psychology , work (physics) , spouse , social psychology , developmental psychology , economics , mechanical engineering , sociology , anthropology , engineering , microeconomics
The aim of the present study was to test the structure of the work‐family interface measure, which was intended to take into account both the positive and negative spillover between work and family demands in both directions. In addition, the links among the types of work‐family spillover and the subjects’ general and domain‐specific well‐being were examined. The sample ( n = 202) consisted of Finnish employees, aged 42, who had a spouse/partner. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that a four‐factor model, including negative work‐to‐family spillover, negative family‐to‐work spillover, positive work‐to‐family spillover, and positive family‐to‐work spillover, was superior compared to the other factor models examined. Path analysis showed, as hypothesized, that the negative work‐to‐family spillover was most strongly related to low well‐being at work (job exhaustion) and next strongly to low general well‐being (psychological distress), whereas the negative family‐to‐work spillover was associated with low well‐being in the domain of family (marital dissatisfaction). Positive work‐to‐family spillover was positively related both to well‐being at work and general well‐being. Inconsistent with our expectations, positive family‐to‐work spillover was not directly related to any of the well‐being indicators examined.