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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Work-to-family conflict (WFC) and work-to-family enrichment (WFE) describe how work influences personal life.
  • These factors may impact employee sleep quality, a crucial aspect of overall health.
  • Hedonic balance, the ratio of positive to negative affect, may mediate these relationships.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between WFC, WFE, and employee sleep quality.
  • To examine the mediating role of hedonic balance in the WFC-sleep quality and WFE-sleep quality relationships.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from 3,170 Australian employed parents in the HILDA Survey.
  • Collected data on WFC, WFE, hedonic balance, and sleep quality via interviews and questionnaires.
  • Employed regression analyses to assess direct and indirect effects.

Main Results:

  • WFC was directly associated with poorer sleep quality (β = .27, p < .001).
  • WFC indirectly led to poorer sleep quality via lower hedonic balance (β = .17).
  • WFE indirectly improved sleep quality through higher hedonic balance (β = -.04).

Conclusions:

  • The work-family interface significantly affects employee sleep quality.
  • Affective experiences (hedonic balance) mediate the link between work-family interactions and sleep.
  • Workplace interventions targeting WFC and WFE could improve employee sleep outcomes.