Working Parents’ Struggling to Achieve the Work-Life Balance During the Pandemic: Exploring the Benefits of Relational Maintenance Beyond Relational Outcomes

IF 0.6 Q3 COMMUNICATION

Southern Communication Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI:10.1080/1041794X.2023.2187074

Anuraj Dhillon, Megan M. Lambertz-Berndt

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ABSTRACT Work from home mandates during the current pandemic forced people to merge personal and professional lives, thus the current study explored how relational support from a romantic partner might have helped working parents maintain satisfying work-life balance. Guided by theory of resilience and relational load, the study proposed that individuals’ perceiving greater relational maintenance from partners would report higher satisfaction balancing work-life, further associate with greater relationship and job satisfaction. 271 working parents responded to an online survey in August 2020, when work from home mandates were still in place. Results revealed that for working parents, satisfaction from work-life balance mediated the associations between receiving relational maintenance strategies and relationship/job satisfaction. The study also exposed sex differences, indicating that women carried greater burdens during the pandemic. Findings illuminate the need to cultivate supportive personal relationships and institute policies to mitigate gender inequities.

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在职父母在大流行期间努力实现工作与生活的平衡:探索关系维护的好处超越关系结果

在当前的大流行期间，在家工作的要求迫使人们将个人生活和职业生活结合起来，因此，本研究探讨了来自浪漫伴侣的关系支持如何帮助在职父母保持令人满意的工作与生活平衡。在弹性和关系负荷理论的指导下，本研究提出个体对伴侣关系维护程度越高，对工作与生活平衡的满意度越高，进而对关系和工作满意度也越高。2020年8月，271名在职父母参与了一项在线调查，当时仍有在家工作的规定。结果显示，对于在职父母而言，工作与生活平衡的满意度在接受关系维持策略与关系/工作满意度之间起中介作用。该研究还揭示了性别差异，表明女性在大流行期间承担了更大的负担。调查结果表明，需要培养支持性的个人关系，并制定政策以减轻性别不平等。

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