Department of Kinesiology, Professional Athletic Training Program, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, University of Connecticut, Storrs.
Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic.
J Athl Train. 2022 Mar 1;57(3):255-263. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-0654.20.
Work-family guilt has been reported among athletic trainers (ATs) working in the intercollegiate setting; however, it has yet to be fully explored from a descriptive, in-depth perspective.
To better understand the experiences of work-family conflict and guilt of intercollegiate ATs who are parents.
Descriptive qualitative study.
Intercollegiate athletics.
Twelve collegiate ATs (females = 6, males = 6) participated in the study. All 12 were married (12 ± 7 years) with an average 2 ± 1 children (range = 1-4). The ATs reported working 51 ± 9 hours per week and spending 11 ± 7 hours per week on household duties or chores.
One-on-one interviews were conducted with all participants. An inductive descriptive coding process was used to analyze the data after saturation was met. Peer review and researcher triangulation were completed.
Conflict and guilt were discussed as unavoidable given the equally demanding roles of AT and parent. The resulting guilt was bidirectional, as each role is equally important to the AT. The management theme was specifically defined by 3 subthemes: creating a separation between work and parenting roles, the benefits of having a supportive workplace, and the importance of having coworkers and supervisors with shared life experiences.
The ATs experienced work-family conflict and feelings of guilt from their parental responsibilities. The guilt described by the ATs was bidirectional, as they placed high value on both their parenting and athletic training roles. Guilt was balanced and managed by reducing the spillover from the parental role into work or work into time at home. By separating roles and having supportive workplace environments, including coworkers and supervisors who had similar life experiences, ATs felt they were better able to meet work and home demands.
在从事校际体育工作的运动训练师（ATs）中，已经报告了工作与家庭的愧疚感；然而，从描述性、深入的角度来看，这种情况尚未得到充分探索。
更好地了解身为父母的校际 ATs 的工作-家庭冲突和愧疚感的体验。
描述性定性研究。
校际体育运动。
12 名校际 ATs（女性=6，男性=6）参与了这项研究。所有 12 人都已婚（12±7 年），平均有 2±1 个孩子（范围=1-4）。这些 ATs 报告每周工作 51±9 小时，每周花 11±7 小时做家务或琐事。
对所有参与者进行一对一访谈。在达到饱和后，使用归纳描述性编码过程对数据进行分析。完成了同行评审和研究人员的三角测量。
由于 AT 和父母的角色同样具有挑战性，冲突和愧疚感被认为是不可避免的。由此产生的愧疚感是双向的，因为每个角色对 AT 都同样重要。管理主题具体定义为 3 个子主题：在工作和育儿角色之间建立分离，拥有支持性工作场所的好处，以及拥有具有共同生活经验的同事和主管的重要性。
ATs 经历了工作与家庭的冲突以及对其父母责任的内疚感。ATs 描述的内疚感是双向的，因为他们非常重视育儿和运动训练的角色。通过减少从父母角色到工作或工作到家庭的溢出，内疚感得到平衡和管理。通过分离角色和拥有支持性的工作环境，包括具有相似生活经验的同事和主管，ATs 觉得他们能够更好地满足工作和家庭的需求。
