Associations between Work–Family Balance, Parenting Stress, and Marital Conflicts during COVID-19 Pandemic in Singapore.
As part of the "Circuit-breaker" social distancing measure to address COVID-19, the government of Singapore closed schools and workplaces from April to May 2020. Although this helped reduce transmission rates, for working parents, this period had been a challenging experience of working from home wh...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 132 - 145 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=161550545&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 161550545 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10621024 JFM jtl: Journal of Child & Family Studies issn: 10621024 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2023 vid: 32 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 161550545 10.1007/s10826-022-02490-z ppf: 132 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 695KB tig: atl: Associations between Work–Family Balance, Parenting Stress, and Marital Conflicts during COVID-19 Pandemic in Singapore. aug: au: Chung, Gerard Siew Keong Chan, Xi Wen Lanier, Paul Wong, Peace Yuh Ju affil: Social Service Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Griffith, QLD, Australia School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore su: Singapore Social support Psychology of mothers Work-life balance Family conflict Parenting Telecommuting Family relations Psychology of fathers COVID-19 pandemic Psychological stress Structural equation modeling Regression analysis Questionnaires Stay-at-home orders sug: subj: Social support Psychology of mothers Work-life balance Family conflict Parenting Telecommuting Family relations Psychology of fathers COVID-19 pandemic Psychological stress Singapore Other Individual and Family Services Structural equation modeling Regression analysis Questionnaires Stay-at-home orders keyword: Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic Marital conflict Parenting stress Work–family balance Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic Marital conflict Parenting stress Work–family balance ab: As part of the "Circuit-breaker" social distancing measure to address COVID-19, the government of Singapore closed schools and workplaces from April to May 2020. Although this helped reduce transmission rates, for working parents, this period had been a challenging experience of working from home while providing care for children full-time. Problems in the work-home interface can have a significant impact on parenting and marital harmony. We analyzed data from 201 married and employed parents in Singapore using online surveys. Latent profile analysis was used to identify profiles of parents' work–family balance (WFB) and spousal and employer support. Linear regression was used to examine links between profiles with parenting stress and marital conflicts. Results indicated three distinct profiles of WFB and social support levels: (a) Strong (43%), (b) Moderate (38%), and (c) Poor (19%). Mothers were more likely than fathers to be in the Moderate and Poor profiles. One key finding is that profiles characterized by poorer WFB were found to be linked with higher parenting stress and increased marital conflicts. There are important variations in parents' abilities to balance work and family and levels of social support received. Lock-downs can affect parenting and marital harmony especially for parents with poor WFB and weak social support. Any attention given to supporting working parents is vital and urgent to counter any problems in the work–family interface during a lockdown. Highlights: A total of 258 parents were surveyed during a COVID-19 partial lockdown in Singapore about their experiences in parenting and working from home. Poorer work–family balance (WFB) was found to be linked with higher parenting stress and increased marital conflicts. Mothers were more likely than fathers to be in the Moderate and Poor profiles of WFB and social support levels. Any attention given to supporting working parents is vital and urgent to counter any problems in the work–family interface during a lockdown. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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