Sousa Cátia, Silva Laura
Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal.
Centro Universitário de Investigação em Psicologia (CUIP), Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Aug 12;15(8):1089. doi: 10.3390/bs15081089.
This study examines the mediating role of recovery experiences in the relationship between work-family conflict (WFC) and employee well-being. While WFC has been consistently linked to negative outcomes such as psychological distress and reduced life satisfaction, the mechanisms that may buffer its effects remain underexplored. Drawing on the Conservation of Resources Theory and the Effort-Recovery Model, we investigated whether four types of recovery experiences-psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery, and control-mediate the WFC-well-being relationship. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 240 employees using validated self-report instruments. Data were analysed through correlation, regression, and mediation techniques, including bootstrapping procedures via PROCESS. The results confirmed a significant negative association between WFC and well-being. All four recovery experiences were positively related to well-being, with relaxation emerging as the strongest predictor. Mediation analyses showed that each of the recovery experiences partially mediated the relationship between WFC and well-being. These findings highlight the importance of recovery as a psychological buffer in the context of elevated work-family interference. Organizational practices that foster recovery-such as encouraging psychological detachment, offering flexible schedules, and promoting restorative activities-may contribute to sustaining employee mental health and resilience.
本研究考察了恢复体验在工作-家庭冲突（WFC）与员工幸福感之间关系中的中介作用。虽然工作-家庭冲突一直与心理困扰和生活满意度降低等负面结果相关联，但可能缓冲其影响的机制仍未得到充分探索。基于资源守恒理论和努力-恢复模型，我们研究了四种恢复体验——心理脱离、放松、掌控和控制——是否在工作-家庭冲突与幸福感的关系中起中介作用。使用经过验证的自我报告工具对240名员工进行了横断面调查。通过相关分析、回归分析和中介技术（包括通过PROCESS进行的自抽样程序）对数据进行了分析。结果证实了工作-家庭冲突与幸福感之间存在显著的负相关。所有四种恢复体验都与幸福感呈正相关，其中放松是最强的预测因素。中介分析表明，每种恢复体验都部分中介了工作-家庭冲突与幸福感之间的关系。这些发现凸显了恢复作为心理缓冲在工作-家庭干扰加剧背景下的重要性。促进恢复的组织实践——如鼓励心理脱离、提供灵活的工作时间表和推广恢复性活动——可能有助于维持员工的心理健康和恢复力。
