Work-family conflict and employee sleep: evidence from IT workers in the Work, Family and Health Study

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• Personal Author:
  Almeida DM ; Berkman LF ; Beverly C ; Buxton OM ; Hammer LB ; Kelly EL ; Lee, Stephen A. ; Moen P
• Description:
  Study Objectives: Work-family conflict is a threat to healthy sleep behaviors among employees. This study aimed to examine how Work-to-Family Conflict (demands from work that interfere with one's family/personal life; WTFC) and Family-to-Work Conflict (demands from family/personal life that interfere with work; FTWC) are associated with several dimensions of sleep among information technology workers. Methods: Employees at a U.S. IT firm (n = 799) provided self-reports of sleep sufficiency (feeling rested upon waking), sleep quality, and sleep maintenance insomnia symptoms (waking up in the middle of the night or early morning) in the last month. They also provided a week of actigraphy for nighttime sleep duration, napping, sleep timing, and a novel sleep inconsistency measure. Analyses adjusted for work conditions (job demands, decision authority, schedule control, and family-supportive supervisor behavior), and household and sociodemographic characteristics. Results: Employees who experienced higher WTFC reported less sleep sufficiency, poorer sleep quality, and more insomnia symptoms. Higher WTFC also predicted shorter nighttime sleep duration, greater likelihood of napping, and longer nap duration. Furthermore, higher WTFC was linked to greater inconsistency of nighttime sleep duration and sleep clock times, whereas higher FTWC was associated with more rigidity of sleep timing mostly driven by wake time. Conclusions: Results highlight the unique associations of WTFC/FTWC with employee sleep independent of other work conditions and household and sociodemographic characteristics. Our novel methodological approach demonstrates differential associations of WTFC and FTWC with inconsistency of sleep timing. Given the strong associations between WTFC and poor sleep, future research should focus on reducing WTFC. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Behavior Decision Making Demography Family Men Occupational Health Safety Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Adolescents Author Keywords: Work-family Conflict Children Decision Making Demographic Characteristics Emotional Exhaustion Families Humans Information Systems Job Analysis Job Conditions Multilevel Psychological Distress Sleep-deprivation Sleep-disorders Sociological Factors Stress Supervisory Personnel Technical Personnel Work-life Balance Work Environment Worker Health Work Organization Work Schedules

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• ISSN:
  0161-8105
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Minnesota ; Ohio ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048909
• Citation:
  Sleep 2016 Oct; 39(10):1871-1882
• Contact Point Address:
  Orfeu M. Buxton, PhD, Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, 221 Biobehavioral Health Building, University Park, PA 16802
• Email:
  Orfeu@PSU.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050901
• Source Full Name:
  Sleep
• End Date:
  20081130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:06453a6585815203551b7cf298a078e7b83c8d596bff433299d656eeae09d93b82ed41a3a6c50c287cb8799551046efcf5126817bf44eedf057f76507dbc2f70
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203525/cdc_203525_DS1.pdf
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