Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Erasmus University.
Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo.
J Occup Health Psychol. 2011 Jan;16(1):112-125. doi: 10.1037/a0021297.
This study among 426 Japanese couples working in different occupational sectors tested the hypothesis that perspective taking moderates the crossover of work engagement. More specifically, we predicted that husbands' work engagement would cross over to their wives, particularly when wives scored high on perspective taking (the spontaneous tendency to adopt the psychological perspective of other people). A similar effect was predicted from wives to husbands. In addition, we hypothesized that the crossover effect would be most pronounced when both partners were high in perspective taking (i.e., a 3-way interaction effect). The results of moderated structural equation modeling analyses confirmed the moderating role of perspective taking, but only for women; women who took the perspective of their partner scored higher on engagement with increasing partner engagement. Moreover, the results showed that engagement crossover was strongest when both men and women were high (vs. low) in perspective taking. This 3-way interaction effect was found from husbands to wives, and vice versa. These findings expand the crossover literature by shedding light on the crossover process.
这项研究在 426 对在不同职业领域工作的日本夫妇中进行，检验了换位思考是否能调节工作投入的交叉影响这一假设。更具体地说，我们预测丈夫的工作投入会交叉影响到妻子，尤其是当妻子在换位思考（自发地采用他人的心理视角）方面得分较高时。我们还预测了从妻子到丈夫的类似影响。此外，我们假设当双方都在换位思考方面得分较高时（即 3 -way 交互效应），交叉影响最为明显。调节结构方程模型分析的结果证实了换位思考的调节作用，但仅适用于女性；与伴侣换位思考的女性，随着伴侣投入的增加，其投入程度也会更高。此外，结果表明，当男性和女性都（与低相比）在换位思考方面得分较高时，投入的交叉影响最强。这种 3-way 交互效应不仅出现在丈夫对妻子的影响中，也出现在妻子对丈夫的影响中。这些发现通过阐明交叉影响过程，扩展了交叉影响文献。
