Watanabe Mayumi, Shimazu Akihito, Bakker Arnold B, Demerouti Evangelia, Shimada Kyoko, Kawakami Norito
Graduate School of Health Management, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan.
Department of Mental Health, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
PLoS One. 2017 Feb 24;12(2):e0172291. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172291. eCollection 2017.
This study of Japanese dual-earner couples examined the impact of family and job demands on one's own and one's partner's fatigue as well as gender differences in these effects.
A total of 2,502 parents (1,251 couples) were surveyed using a self-administered questionnaire. A crossover model was tested using structural equation modeling.
The results of structural equation modeling analyses showed that both job and family demands independently exacerbated fatigue. There was an indirect effect of job and family demands on partner fatigue through one's own fatigue only from husbands to wives. An indirect effect of job demands on partner fatigue through partner's family demands was identified only from wives to husbands. Furthermore, there were gender differences in the crossover of fatigue.
This study shows that job and family demands influence family circumstances. When considering means to reduce employees' fatigue, gender differences in the mechanism of fatigue need to be taken into account.
本项针对日本双职工夫妇的研究,考察了家庭和工作需求对自身及伴侣疲劳的影响,以及这些影响中的性别差异。
使用自填式问卷对总共2502名父母(1251对夫妇)进行了调查。采用结构方程模型对交叉模型进行了检验。
结构方程模型分析结果表明,工作和家庭需求均独立加剧了疲劳。工作和家庭需求仅通过自身疲劳对伴侣疲劳产生间接影响,且仅从丈夫到妻子存在这种情况。仅从妻子到丈夫发现工作需求通过伴侣的家庭需求对伴侣疲劳产生间接影响。此外,疲劳的交叉存在性别差异。
本研究表明,工作和家庭需求会影响家庭状况。在考虑减轻员工疲劳的方法时,需要考虑疲劳机制中的性别差异。