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Mayumi Saiki1, Adrian Loerbroks2, Jian Li1,3
1From the Joe C.Wen School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (M.S., J.L.).
Objectives:
This study investigated whether exposure to work-family conflict was associated with increased perceived stress (PS) cross-sectionally and longitudinally.
Methods:
Using data from the Midlife in Japan Wave I and II surveys over a 4-year period, 668 workers in a cross-sectional and 419 workers in a longitudinal study were examined to assess the associations between baseline work-to-family conflict (WFC) and family-to-work conflict (FWC) and changes in baseline and follow-up PS Scale scores.
Results:
In the multivariable analysis using linear regression for cross-sectional analysis and generalized estimating equations linear regression for the longitudinal analysis, both binary and continuous WFC/FWC were significantly associated with PS cross-sectionally and longitudinally.
Conclusions:
Both WFC and FWC were associated with increased PS cross-sectionally and longitudinally. Screening work-family conflict and developing interventions to mitigate it can be beneficial for enhancing mental health.
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