Crossover of Resources and Well-Being Within Employee-Partner Dyads: Through Increased Schedule Control

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• Personal Author:
  Damaske S ; Lawson KM ; Lee, Stephen A.
• Description:
  This study examined whether one partner's additional resources obtained from a workplace intervention influence the other partner's perception of having those resources at home (crossover of resources). We also examined whether one partner's decreased stress by increased work resources crosses over to the other partner's stress levels (crossover of well-being). Longitudinal data came from IT employees and their married/cohabiting partners in midlife (N = 327). A randomized workplace intervention significantly increased employee-reported schedule control at the 6-month follow-up, which, in turn, increased partner-reported employees' work schedule flexibility to handle family responsibilities at the 12-month follow-up. The intervention also decreased partners' perceived stress at the 12-month follow-up through the processes by which increases in schedule control predicted decreases in employees' perceived stress, which further predicted decreased levels of partners' perceived stress. Notably, crossover of resources and well-being were found in couples who lived with children in the household, but not in couples without children. Our findings suggest that benefits of workplace support can permeate into the family domain, by increasing partner-perceived family resources and well-being. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Crossover Families Family Time Adequacy Intervention Effectiveness Job Stress Mental Health Perceived Stress Schedule Control Total Worker Health TWH Work-life Balance Workplace Intervention Work Schedule Flexibility For Family Roles Work Schedules

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• ISSN:
  1366-8803
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Indiana ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  391-411
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068517
• Citation:
  Community Work Fam 2019 Aug; 22(4):391-411
• Contact Point Address:
  Soomi Lee, School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
• Email:
  soomilee1104@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050901
• Source Full Name:
  Community, Work & Family
• End Date:
  20081130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e2e5546bbbfab3e9ad410bcba98af47122c06442fcbc7829575856988c882cdb70d8906e42599ffcc25fd2fa9ceb300ba57acfb2e447fa7b3c972dcadee337e1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207133/cdc_207133_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.82 MB ]