TY - JOUR
T1 - Work-family conflict in Japan
T2 - How job and home demands affect psychological distress
AU - Shimazu, Akihito
AU - Bakker, Arnold B.
AU - Demerouti, Evangelia
AU - Peeters, Maria C.W.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The aim of the present study was to examine how job and home demands are related to psychological distress in a sample of Japanese working parents with preschool children (n=196). We expected that job and home demands are partially related to psychological distress through work-to-family conflict (WFC) and family-to-work conflict (FWC), respectively. Structural equation modeling showed that, as expected, home demands were partially related to psychological distress, both directly and indirectly through FWC. In contrast, job demands were only directly related to psychological distress. The differences between the roles of FWC and WFC are discussed using identity theory.
AB - The aim of the present study was to examine how job and home demands are related to psychological distress in a sample of Japanese working parents with preschool children (n=196). We expected that job and home demands are partially related to psychological distress through work-to-family conflict (WFC) and family-to-work conflict (FWC), respectively. Structural equation modeling showed that, as expected, home demands were partially related to psychological distress, both directly and indirectly through FWC. In contrast, job demands were only directly related to psychological distress. The differences between the roles of FWC and WFC are discussed using identity theory.
KW - Home demands
KW - Job demands
KW - Psychological distress
KW - Spillover
KW - Structural equation modeling
KW - Work-family conflict
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U2 - 10.2486/indhealth.MS1131
DO - 10.2486/indhealth.MS1131
M3 - Article
C2 - 20616471
AN - SCOPUS:78650595693
SN - 0019-8366
VL - 48
SP - 766
EP - 774
JO - Industrial Health
JF - Industrial Health
IS - 6
ER -
