From the Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China (Y.Y.); Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, PR China (F.Y., J.G.); Center for Social Security Studies, Wuhan University, 430070, Wuhan, PR China (M.F.); Department of Anthropology, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan (F.A.); and School of Insurance and Economics, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, PR China (M.S.).
J Occup Environ Med. 2023 Apr 1;65(4):337-343. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002759. Epub 2022 Nov 22.
This study aims to examine the relationship between work-family conflict and depressive symptoms while considering job types and family structure as moderators.
In July and August 2021, 1328 male Chinese firefighters completed an online cross-sectional survey.
The results indicated that work-family conflicts among Chinese firefighters presented a significant association with worse depressive symptoms. More specifically, strain conflict and behavioral conflict had positive relationships with worse depressive symptoms, while time conflict had a negative relationship. In addition, job types moderated the association between work-family conflict, strain conflict, and behavior conflict with depressive symptoms.
This study shows that work-family conflict is significantly associated with depressive symptoms among Chinese firefighters. Our findings advocate working system reform for Chinese firefighters, and more attention is needed on their mental health protection in the future.
本研究旨在考察工作家庭冲突与抑郁症状之间的关系,并考虑工作类型和家庭结构作为调节因素。
2021 年 7 月至 8 月,1328 名中国男性消防员完成了一项在线横断面调查。
结果表明,中国消防员的工作家庭冲突与更严重的抑郁症状显著相关。具体而言,紧张冲突和行为冲突与更严重的抑郁症状呈正相关,而时间冲突则呈负相关。此外,工作类型调节了工作家庭冲突、紧张冲突和行为冲突与抑郁症状之间的关系。
本研究表明,工作家庭冲突与中国消防员的抑郁症状显著相关。我们的研究结果主张对中国消防员的工作制度进行改革,未来需要更加关注他们的心理健康保护。