An exploration of the relationships among work-family conflict, relevant personality variables, and well-being.
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Title
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An exploration of the relationships among work-family conflict, relevant personality variables, and well-being.
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Identifier
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AAI9521252
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identifier
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9521252
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Creator
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Block, Belinda Lee.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Edwin P. Hollander
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Date
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1995
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Industrial | Psychology, Social | Psychology, Personality
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Abstract
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This research was pursued in an attempt to apply the variables of self-monitoring, Type A behavior, self-regulation and self-efficacy to the work/family conflict setting. It was posited that the personality and self-regulatory processes of the woman would affect stress reactions that emanate from work/family conflict.;To investigate the relationships among various personality variables, work/family conflict, and well being, surveys were collected from 104 working mothers largely residing in the New York Metropolitan area. These surveys assessed the extent to which working mothers encountered family demands, job demands, conflict due to work interfering with their family (work {dollar}\to{dollar} family conflict), family interfering with their work (family {dollar}\to{dollar} work conflict), the extent to which they engaged in self-regulation (i.e., self-observation, self-evaluation, and self-reinforcement), their personality type (i.e., Type A or Type B), their self-monitoring, their self-efficacy, and the extent of their well being (as operationalized by depression and somatization).;The results indicated that self-monitoring was related neither to family {dollar}\to{dollar} work nor to work {dollar}\to{dollar} family conflict. Hypotheses investigating the relationship between personality variables, work/family conflict, and well being were partially supported. Type A behavior was strongly and significantly related to work {dollar}\to{dollar} family conflict but not to family {dollar}\to{dollar} work conflict. Furthermore, self-efficacy moderated the relationship between work {dollar}\to{dollar} family conflict and depression. None of the components of self-regulation moderated the relationship between work {dollar}\to{dollar} family conflict and well being. Job demands were related to work {dollar}\to{dollar} family conflict. Post-hoc analyses revealed that self-evaluation and self-reinforcement moderated the relationship between work {dollar}\to{dollar} family conflict and well-being. Future research should be directed at more closely examining the role of the individual's characteristics on the relationship between work/family conflict and well being.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
