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  11. Self-undermining, Work-family Conflict And Fatigue: Family Health Climate Towards Physical Activity As Key To Stopping The "cycle Of Losses"

Self-Undermining, Work-Family Conflict and Fatigue: Family Health Climate Towards Physical Activity as Key to Stopping the "Cycle of Losses"

Daniel Cortés-Denia1, Manuel Pulido-Martos1, Noah Palacios-Pedrero1

  • 1School of Humanities and Sciences of Education, Department of Psychology, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain.

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View abstract on PubMed

Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Self-undermining behaviors can cause work-family conflict and fatigue. However, a healthy family climate promoting physical activity can buffer these negative effects, reducing worker fatigue.

Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health Psychology
  • Family Studies
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Worker fatigue is often linked to job characteristics, but the interconnectedness of work, family, and organizational domains is increasingly recognized.
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  • To investigate whether self-undermining behaviors lead to work-family conflict and subsequent fatigue.
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Main Methods:

  • A quantitative study involving 216 workers across various industries.
Keywords:
family health climate for physical activityjob fatigueself-underminingwork-family conflict

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  • Self-reported measures collected at two time points: Time 1 (self-undermining, family health climate) and Time 2 (work-family conflict, fatigue).
  • Moderated mediation analyses were conducted using SPSS PROCESS macro.

    • Main Results:

    • Self-undermining behaviors did not directly predict fatigue.
    • Self-undermining indirectly led to fatigue through work-family conflict.
    • A healthy family climate focused on physical activity buffered the negative impact of self-undermining behaviors on work-family conflict.

    Conclusions:

    • Work and family domains are significantly interconnected, influencing employee well-being.
    • Family-level interventions promoting physical activity can mitigate the adverse effects of self-undermining behaviors on work-family conflict.
    • Strategies within the family domain can be leveraged to reduce work-related fatigue.