All in the family: work-family enrichment and crossover among farm couples.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Jex SM ; Sprung JM
• Description:
  This study expands upon the contextualization of the work-family interface by examining positive work-family experiences within the farming industry. Both individual and crossover effects were examined among a sample of 217 married farm couples. Results demonstrated multiple significant relationships between self-reported attitudes, work-family enrichment, and health outcomes. In addition, crossover effects reveal the importance of individual attitudes (husband work engagement and wife farm satisfaction) for spousal work-family enrichment and health outcomes. Furthermore, individual work-family enrichment was positively related to spousal psychological health and negatively related to spousal physical symptoms. Many of these findings remained significant after controlling for work-family conflict. Overall, our results suggest the potential beneficial impact of the integrated work-family dynamic associated with the farming profession for positive work-family experiences. Implications of these findings, as well as directions for future research, are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Farmers Mental Health Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Work-family Enrichment; Crossover; Psychological Health; Family Business; Farming Work-life Balance; Farming; Attitude; Families; Farm Workers; Psychology; Total Worker Health; TWH;
• ISSN:
  1076-8998
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  218-224
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065086
• Citation:
  J Occup Health Psychol 2017 Apr; 22(2):218-224
• Contact Point Address:
  Justin M. Sprung, Department of Psychology, Luther College, Decorah, IA 52101
• Email:
  spruju01@luther.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:44f3e310b29f46faf66f504d1c195d51527e7116ec5214689343f13c098a3bc5818aca34353a507500620d76468de06de2d3ebf3462e758e892de34a36fa1186
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248614/cdc_248614_DS1.pdf
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