Work-family balance self-efficacy and work-family balance during the pandemic: A longitudinal study of working informal caregivers of older adults.

IF 5.9 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology Pub Date : 2022-06-01 Epub Date: 2022-02-24 DOI:10.1037/ocp0000321
Eunae Cho, Tuo-Yu Chen, Grand H-L Cheng, Moon-Ho Ringo Ho
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Abstract

The measures against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, such as lockdown, pose a major challenge to those who manage work and caregiving demands. Drawing on social cognitive theory, which emphasizes the critical role of self-referent thought and human agency in overcoming obstacles and striving toward goals, the present longitudinal study (prepandemic, during lockdown, and postlockdown) investigated work-family balance self-efficacy (WFBSE) and work-family balance (WFB) among working informal caregivers of older adults (i.e., those who manage paid work and informal eldercare) during the COVID-19 pandemic (N = 132). As hypothesized, prepandemic WFBSE was positively associated with the level of WFB during lockdown. Prepandemic WFBSE also mitigated the relationship between perceived work demands and WFB as well as the relationship between perceived difficulty to use technology for caregiving and WFB during lockdown. Prepandemic WFBSE, however, did not buffer the relationship between perceived caregiving demands and WFB and the relationship between perceived difficulty to use technology for work and WFB. We also observed that WFB during lockdown was associated with increased postlockdown WFBSE. Collectively, our research reiterates the relevance and utility of self-efficacy in the crisis context and provides empirical evidence for the proposition that positive changes may occur in the face of adversity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

大流行病期间工作与家庭平衡的自我效能感和工作与家庭平衡:对老年人非正式照顾者的纵向研究。
应对冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行的措施,如封锁,对那些既要处理工作又要照顾他人的人来说是一项重大挑战。本纵向研究(大流行前、封锁期间和封锁后)以社会认知理论为基础,调查了在 COVID-19 大流行期间,在职非正式老年人照顾者(即那些既要处理有偿工作又要处理非正式老年人照顾工作的人)的工作-家庭平衡自我效能(WFBSE)和工作-家庭平衡(WFB)(N = 132)。正如假设的那样,大流行前的 WFBSE 与封锁期间的 WFB 水平呈正相关。大流行前的 WFBSE 还缓解了感知到的工作需求与 WFB 之间的关系,以及感知到的使用技术进行护理的难度与封锁期间的 WFB 之间的关系。然而,预先流行的 WFBSE 并没有缓冲感知到的护理需求与 WFB 之间的关系,也没有缓冲感知到的工作中使用技术的困难与 WFB 之间的关系。我们还观察到,在封锁期间的 WFB 与封锁后 WFBSE 的增加有关。总之,我们的研究重申了危机背景下自我效能感的相关性和实用性,并为逆境中可能发生积极变化这一命题提供了经验证据。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA,保留所有权利)。
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8.20
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期刊介绍: Journal of Occupational Health Psychology offers research, theory, and public policy articles in occupational health psychology, an interdisciplinary field representing a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and specializations. Occupational health psychology concerns the application of psychology to improving the quality of work life and to protecting and promoting the safety, health, and well-being of workers. This journal focuses on the work environment, the individual, and the work-family interface.
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