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. 2021 Dec 16:12:752209.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.752209. eCollection 2021.

Relationships Between Work-to-Family Conflict and the Food Domain for Dual-Earner Parents With Adolescent Children

Berta Schnettler  1   2   3   4 , Edgardo Miranda-Zapata  3 , Ligia Orellana  3 , Héctor Poblete  3 , Germán Lobos  5 , Cristian Adasme-Berríos  6 , María Lapo  4 , Katherine Beroiza  3
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Relationships Between Work-to-Family Conflict and the Food Domain for Dual-Earner Parents With Adolescent Children

Berta Schnettler et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

The impact of work-to-family conflict (WtoFC) can extend beyond family and work, and to other domains that contribute to well-being, such as the food domain. This study examined associations between WtoFC, perception of atmosphere of family meals (AFM), and satisfaction with food-related life (SWFoL) in dual-earner parents with adolescent children, and tested the mediating role of AFM between WtoFC and SWFoL. Questionnaires were administered to 473 different-sex dual-earner parents and one of their adolescent children (mean age 12.5 years, 51.4% male) in Temuco, Chile. Parents responded to a measure of work-to-family conflict; the three family members answered the Project-EAT Atmosphere of family meals scale, and the Satisfaction with Food-related Life Scale. Analyses were conducted using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model and structural equation modeling. Results showed a negative association from WtoFC to SWFoL in both parents, while a more positive perception of atmosphere of family meals was linked to higher SWFoL in the three family members. Moreover, WtoFC was negatively linked to SWFoL in parents, while only mothers' WtoFC had a negative association with their adolescent children's SWFoL. Policymakers and organizations can contribute to workers' and their families' food-related well-being by fostering policies and measures to reduce WtoFC.

Keywords: adolescents; dual-earner couples; family meals; satisfaction with food-related life; work-family conflict.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Basic actor-partner interdependence model of work-to-family conflict (WtoFC) and satisfaction with food-related life (SWFoL). Am, actor effect of father's WtoFC on his own SWFoL; Af, actor effect of mother's WtoFC on her own SWFoL; Pfm, partner effect of father's WtoFC on mother's SWFoL; Pmf, partner effect of mothers's WtoFC on fathers's SWFoL; Ef and Em, residual errors on SWFoL for the father and mother, respectively.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Actor-partner interdependence model of the effect of parent's Work-to-Family Conflict (WtoFC) on the three family members' Perception of the Atmosphere of Family Meals (AFM) and Satisfaction with Food-related Life (SWFoL) in dual-earner parents with adolescent children. Ef, Ec and Em, residual errors on SWFoL for the fathers, mothers, and their adolescent children, respectively. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01. The control for the effects both members of the couple's age, type of employment and their number of working hours as well as the family SES, the number of children and the number of supper meals in which all the family members ate together during a week on the dependent variables of the three family members (AFM and SWFoL) were not shown in the path diagram.
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