- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Family Business Performance and Succession
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Mind wandering and attention
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Sleep and related disorders
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Emotional Labor in Professions
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
Portland State University
2000-2023
Colorado State University
2015-2022
Recently, scholars have demonstrated the importance of Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors (FSSB), defined as behaviors exhibited by supervisors that are supportive employees' family roles, in relation to health, well-being, and organizational outcomes. FSSB was originally conceptualized a multidimensional, superordinate construct with four subordinate dimensions assessed 14 items: emotional support, instrumental role modeling behaviors, creative work-family management. Retaining one item...
The effects of randomization to a workplace mindfulness training (WMT) or waitlist control condition on teachers' well-being (moods and satisfaction at work home), quantity sleep, quality sleepiness during the day were examined in 2 randomized, controlled trials (RCTs). combined sample RCTs, conducted Canada United States, included 113 elementary secondary school teachers (89% female). Measures collected baseline, postprogram, 3-month follow-up; randomly assigned after baseline assessment....
Training supervisors to increase their family-supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB) has demonstrated significant benefits for employee physical health, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions among employees with high levels of family-to-work conflict in prior research a grocery store context. We replicate extend these results health care setting additional important outcomes (i.e., engagement, organizational commitment, ratings performance), consider the role 4 dimensions underlying...
Abstract Mindfulness‐based approaches have been suggested as possible methods to treat moral injury in military personnel. However, empirical research has yet evaluate if mindfulness acts a protective factor for the negative effects of injury, such alcohol use, drug or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. In this study, we investigated five facets (i.e., observing, nonjudging, nonreactivity, awareness, and describing) moderated associations between outcomes PTSD symptoms, misuse,...
Abstract According to the mindfulness stress buffering hypothesis, protects individuals from negative effects of stress. Prior investigations focused on potential for reducing internalizing symptoms adults in context general We provided first test hypothesis both adolescent and interparental conflict (IPC) relation externalizing, as well sleep. Participants were 150 adolescents who reported dispositional mindfulness, perceived stress, IPC, internalizing, externalizing. wore an actigraph...
In adulthood, starting a new job is major life event that, for many, accompanies significant changes to one's personal (e.g., moving location, setting up childcare or eldercare arrangements, renegotiating schedules and nonwork responsibilities with spouse partner). Research shows that candidates anticipate the degree of work-family support conflict they might experience in role when deciding accept reject offer. Despite this, work examining associations between newcomer work-to-nonwork...
We tested two competing models linking daily stress, mindfulness, and psychological distress in adolescence: 1) whether mindfulness moderates the impact of stressors on or 2) mediates relationship between greater distress.Every evening for a week, 138 adolescents completed ecological momentary assessments (EMAs). Daily diaries assessed negative events, work-school conflict, perceived stress. Multilevel mediation moderation were tested.Results indicated that there meaningful variations...
Purpose Despite a burgeoning literature on family-supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB), it is unclear whether supervisors view these as in-role or discretionary. We proposed new cognitive motivational construct, FSSB role perceptions (FSSB-RP; that the extent to which perceive an expected part of their job) and evaluated mediator relationship between supervisors' own work–family experiences FSSB. Design/methodology/approach used online survey 245 US based supervisors. Findings find unique...