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. 2014 Apr;19(2):155-67.
doi: 10.1037/a0036010.

Work-family conflict, family-supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB), and sleep outcomes

Tori L Crain  1 , Leslie B Hammer  1 , Todd Bodner  1 , Ellen Ernst Kossek  2 , Phyllis Moen  3 , Richard Lilienthal  4 , Orfeu M Buxton  5
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Work-family conflict, family-supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB), and sleep outcomes

Tori L Crain et al. J Occup Health Psychol. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

Although critical to health and well-being, relatively little research has been conducted in the organizational literature on linkages between the work-family interface and sleep. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, we use a sample of 623 information technology workers to examine the relationships between work-family conflict, family-supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB), and sleep quality and quantity. Validated wrist actigraphy methods were used to collect objective sleep quality and quantity data over a 1 week period of time, and survey methods were used to collect information on self-reported work-family conflict, FSSB, and sleep quality and quantity. Results demonstrated that the combination of predictors (i.e., work-to-family conflict, family-to-work conflict, FSSB) was significantly related to both objective and self-report measures of sleep quantity and quality. Future research should further examine the work-family interface to sleep link and make use of interventions targeting the work-family interface as a means for improving sleep health.

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Theoretical model.
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Calculation method for actigraphic scoring.
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