Examining the mediating effect of work-to-family conflict on the associations between job stressors and employee psychological distress: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The mediating effect of work-to-family conflict (WFC) on the associations between eight types of job stressors (measured based on the job demands-control, effort-reward imbalance and organisational justice models) and psychological distress in employees was examined.

Design

This study employed a prospective design.

Setting

An occupational cohort study in Japan (Japanese Study of Health, Occupation, and Psychosocial Factors Related Equity; J-HOPE).

Participants

5859 men and 1560 women who were working for 11 firms and participated at three consecutive waves of J-HOPE, at 1-year intervals, from 2010 to 2013.

Main outcome measures

Psychological distress, as measured by Kessler 6 scores.

Results

Mediation analysis using data on job stressor

SUBMITTER: Oshio T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5724069 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature