Sprott School of Business, 6339Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Ted Rogers School of Management, 7984Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
J Aging Health. 2022 Oct;34(6-8):1101-1116. doi: 10.1177/08982643221092876. Epub 2022 May 4.
While existing research indicates that "sandwiched" employees (those with both childcare and eldercare demands) have lower wellbeing than employees with only eldercare demands, there is little understanding how childcare and eldercare demands interact to create those differences. Drawing on two studies, we hypothesize childcare demands amplify the negative impact of eldercare demands on wellbeing. Study 1 operationalizes childcare as a dichotomous variable (i.e., has childcare or not), and examines the relationship between hours per week in eldercare and wellbeing for two groups of employees: those with eldercare and those in the sandwich generation. Study 2, which operationalizes childcare as a continuous variable (i.e., hours in childcare per week), explores how time in childcare moderates the relationship between time in eldercare and wellbeing. Findings show time in eldercare is negatively associated with wellbeing, and the impact of childcare on the relationship between time in eldercare and wellbeing is dependent on how one operationalizes wellbeing and childcare constructs.
虽然现有研究表明，“夹心”员工（既有育儿需求又有照顾老人需求的员工）的幸福感低于只有照顾老人需求的员工，但对于育儿和照顾老人的需求如何相互作用产生这些差异，人们知之甚少。本研究基于两项研究，提出了育儿需求会放大照顾老人需求对幸福感的负面影响的假设。研究 1 将育儿需求操作化为二分变量（即有或没有育儿需求），并考察了每周照顾老人的时间与两类员工（有照顾老人需求的员工和“夹心”一代员工）的幸福感之间的关系。研究 2 将育儿需求操作化为连续变量（即每周育儿时间），探讨了育儿时间如何调节照顾老人时间与幸福感之间的关系。研究结果表明，每周照顾老人的时间与幸福感呈负相关，而育儿时间对照顾老人时间与幸福感之间关系的影响取决于幸福感和育儿构建的操作化方式。
