University of Maryland, College Park, 3834 Campus Dr., College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
University of Maryland, College Park, 3834 Campus Dr., College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
Soc Sci Med. 2023 Apr;323:115850. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115850. Epub 2023 Mar 17.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) adults have experienced pronounced declines in well-being. However, less is known about how changes to daily routines and settings, such as the shift to remote work within many occupations, may be playing a role in well-being outcomes. Drawing on a unique time diary data source (N = 3515 respondents and 7650 episodes) collected between April 2020-July 2021 through online crowdsourcing platforms, we conducted random effects analyses to examine how working from home has been associated with experienced well-being among LGBTQ and cisgender heterosexual workers in the United States during the pandemic. Findings indicate LGBTQ adults felt significantly less stressed and tired while doing paid work at home than while working at a workplace. In addition, working at a workplace, rather than working from home, appeared to be more detrimental to LGBTQ adults' well-being compared to their non-LGBTQ counterparts. Adjusting for work characteristics explained some of the difference, whereas adjusting for family characteristics had little impact on the results. It is possible that for LGBTQ employees, working from home mitigates some of the minority stressors experienced during paid work.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别和酷儿（LGBTQ）成年人的幸福感明显下降。然而，对于日常工作流程和环境的变化（例如许多职业转向远程工作）如何影响幸福感结果，人们知之甚少。本研究利用独特的时间日记数据源（N=3515 名受访者和 7650 个时段），该数据于 2020 年 4 月至 2021 年 7 月通过在线众包平台收集，我们采用随机效应分析来检验远程办公与美国 LGBTQ 和顺性别异性恋工人在大流行期间的幸福感之间的关系。研究结果表明，与在工作场所工作相比，LGBTQ 成年人在家中从事有偿工作时压力和疲劳感明显减轻。此外，与非 LGBTQ 成年人相比，在工作场所工作（而不是在家工作）似乎对 LGBTQ 成年人的幸福感更不利。调整工作特征可以解释部分差异，而调整家庭特征对结果影响不大。对于 LGBTQ 员工来说，在家工作可能减轻了他们在有偿工作中经历的一些少数群体压力源。
