Olivieri Rosalia, Lo Presti Alessandro, Costa Sebastiano, Ariemma Lucia, Fabbri Marco
Department of Psychology, Università Degli Studi Della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Viale Ellittico, 31, 81100, Caserta, Italy.
Department of Psychology "Renzo Canestrari", Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, Bologna, 40127, Italy.
BMC Psychol. 2024 Dec 18;12(1):750. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-02241-3.
The transition to motherhood involves significant changes, extending from pregnancy to the early years of a child's life. This period, characterized by multiple stressors and adjustments, can profoundly impact maternal well-being. For this reason, the aim of this study was to investigate the associations between work-family balance, need satisfaction, depression, anger, vitality and sleep-wake problems, using Self-determination Theory (SDT) as a theoretical framework.
Participated in this study 218 working mothers in Italy with children aged between 1 and 36 months. Using a correlational design, SEM with latent variables was used to test an integrative model.
Results revealed significant positive associations between work-family balance and need satisfaction, and vitality, and negative direct associations of need satisfaction with sleep-wake problems, depression, and anger. Indirect associations were also visible between work-family balance and psychological outcomes through need satisfaction.
Overall, findings underscore the importance of conditions that support the satisfaction autonomy, competence, and relatedness of working mothers during this critical life stage. These insights have implications for organizational policies and interventions aimed at supporting the mental health of working mothers.
向母亲角色的转变涉及重大变化，从怀孕一直延伸到孩子生命的早期阶段。这一时期的特点是存在多种压力源和调整，会对母亲的幸福感产生深远影响。因此，本研究的目的是以自我决定理论（SDT）为理论框架，调查工作与家庭平衡、需求满足、抑郁、愤怒、活力与睡眠-觉醒问题之间的关联。
218名孩子年龄在1至36个月之间的意大利职业母亲参与了本研究。采用相关设计，使用带有潜在变量的结构方程模型来检验一个综合模型。
结果显示工作与家庭平衡与需求满足及活力之间存在显著的正相关，需求满足与睡眠-觉醒问题、抑郁及愤怒之间存在直接的负相关。工作与家庭平衡通过需求满足与心理结果之间也存在间接关联。
总体而言，研究结果强调了在这一关键生命阶段支持职业母亲自主性、能力和人际关系满足的条件的重要性。这些见解对旨在支持职业母亲心理健康的组织政策和干预措施具有启示意义。
