A Longitudinal Multilevel Analysis of the Reciprocal Associations Between Work-Life Conflict and Subjective Wellbeing

IF 2.5 3区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Applied Research in Quality of Life Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI:10.1007/s11482-025-10442-0

Grace B. Yu, Mohsen Joshanloo, M. Joseph Sirgy

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This study empirically tested the reciprocal associations between work-life conflict and subjective wellbeing (life satisfaction, domain satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect) using 21 waves of the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. Responses collected from working adults who responded to the work-family questions at least once were selected for the analysis (N ≈ 11,007). The study results demonstrate temporal within-person associations between work-life conflict and subjective wellbeing suggesting a feedback loop: an increased level of work-life conflict is associated with reduced subjective well-being in the following year while the reduced subjective well-being is linked to increased work-life conflict in the year to come. In addition to temporal effects, the results suggest contemporaneous within-person associations: in years when a person experiences higher-than-usual work-life conflict, they simultaneously report lower-than-usual well-being, and vice versa. Furthermore, the results also suggest moderate between-person associations between work-life conflict and subjective well-being. Overall, these findings highlight the immediate and long-term associations between work-life conflict and subjective wellbeing. Policy implications are discussed along with study limitations and suggestions for future research.

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工作-生活冲突与主观幸福感相互关联的纵向多水平分析

本研究利用澳大利亚家庭、收入和劳动力动态（HILDA）的21波调查，实证检验了工作与生活冲突与主观幸福感（生活满意度、领域满意度、积极影响和消极影响）之间的相互关系。从至少回答过一次工作-家庭问题的在职成年人中收集的回答被选为分析对象（N≈11,007）。研究结果表明，工作与生活冲突与主观幸福感之间存在时间上的内在联系，这表明存在一个反馈循环：工作与生活冲突水平的增加与次年主观幸福感的降低有关，而主观幸福感的降低与来年工作与生活冲突的增加有关。除了时间效应外，研究结果还表明了同时的个人内部关联：当一个人经历比平时更高的工作生活冲突时，他们同时报告的幸福感比平时低，反之亦然。此外，研究结果还表明，工作-生活冲突与主观幸福感之间存在适度的人际关系。总的来说，这些发现强调了工作与生活冲突与主观幸福感之间的直接和长期联系。本文讨论了政策影响、研究局限性和对未来研究的建议。

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Applied Research in Quality of Life SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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6.40

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11.80%

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期刊介绍： The aim of this journal is to publish conceptual, methodological and empirical papers dealing with quality-of-life studies in the applied areas of the natural and social sciences. As the official journal of the ISQOLS, it is designed to attract papers that have direct implications for, or impact on practical applications of research on the quality-of-life. We welcome papers crafted from interdisciplinary, inter-professional and international perspectives. This research should guide decision making in a variety of professions, industries, nonprofit, and government sectors, including healthcare, travel and tourism, marketing, corporate management, community planning, social work, public administration, and human resource management. The goal is to help decision makers apply performance measures and outcome assessment techniques based on concepts such as well-being, human satisfaction, human development, happiness, wellness and quality-of-life. The Editorial Review Board is divided into specific sections indicating the broad scope of practice covered by the journal. The section editors are distinguished scholars from many countries across the globe.