When work strain transcends psychological boundaries: an inquiry into the relationship between time pressure, irritation, work-family conflict and psychosomatic complaints

作者：Hoege Thomas

来源：STRESS AND HEALTH, 2009, 25(1): 41-51.

DOI：10.1002/smi.1226

• work-family conflict
• work stressors
• time pressure
• irritation
• occupational health
• home care

Against the theoretical background of the effort-recovery model and the action regulation theory; the author presents a cross-sectional questionnaire study testing hypotheses about the relationship between work-related time pressure, cognitive and emotional irritation, work-family conflict and psychosomatic complaints. Subjects were 576 female home care nurses. Results of a path analysis show that the relation of time pressure and psychosomatic complaints is partially mediated by experiencing a work-family conflict; also the relation of time pressure and work-family conflict is partially mediated by cognitive and emotional irritation. It is argued that cognitive and emotional irritation are fruitful concepts for a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between work stressors and the development of strain-based work-family conflict. Implications for the prevention of work-family conflict are outlined.

• 出版日期2009-2