Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Faculty of Education, Cangzhou Normal University, Cangzhou, China.
Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 9;14(1):27421. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-79322-1.
The study aims to explore whether work-life balance mediates the impact of work-family conflict and its dimensions on psychological well-being. Using a survey method, data were collected from a sample of 258 working women in Hebei province in China. The analysis was carried out using IBM SPSS and the PROCESS macro in order to test the mediation model. The findings show that work-family conflict has an indirect effect on psychological well-being through work-life balance. In the case of work-to-family conflict, a suppression effect is detected in which the mediator shows an underlying relationship between the work-to-family conflict and psychological well-being. On the other hand, family-to-work conflict is fully moderated by work-life balance. Based on these results, it can be concluded that enhancing the quality of work-life balance may help to reduce the negative impact of work-family conflict on psychological health. The findings of this study can be beneficial to organizations and policy makers to formulate policies that would enhance the mental health and work productivity of women professionals in China.
本研究旨在探讨工作-生活平衡是否在工作-家庭冲突及其各维度对心理健康的影响中起中介作用。研究采用问卷调查法，对河北省 258 名职业女性进行了调查。使用 IBM SPSS 和 PROCESS 宏进行分析，以检验中介模型。研究结果表明，工作-家庭冲突通过工作-生活平衡对心理健康产生间接影响。在工作对家庭的冲突中，存在一种抑制效应，即中介变量在工作对家庭的冲突与心理健康之间显示出一种潜在的关系。另一方面，家庭对工作的冲突被工作-生活平衡完全调节。基于这些结果，可以得出结论，提高工作-生活平衡的质量可能有助于减轻工作-家庭冲突对心理健康的负面影响。本研究的结果对组织和政策制定者制定政策具有一定的参考价值，这些政策可以提高中国职业女性的心理健康和工作效率。
