Family Relationships Under Work From Home: Exploring the Role of Adaptive Processes
Teleworking
05 social sciences
COVID-19
Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation (VSA) model
work-life balance
3. Good health
work from home (WFH)
0502 economics and business
8. Economic growth
Humans
Family
family relationships
adaptive processes
Public Health
Family Relations
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Pandemics
DOI:
10.3389/fpubh.2022.782217
Publication Date:
2022-03-09T08:01:23Z
AUTHORS (4)
ABSTRACT
Work-from-home (WFH) influences both work and life, and further impacts family relationships. The current study explored the impacts of WFH on family relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic and identified effective adaptive processes for maintaining family relationships under WFH. Using the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation (VSA) model, the study examined the roles of adaptive processes (spending time with family members and balancing work and life) and demographic differences (gender, age, marital status, and education level) in the relation between WFH and family relationships. Path analysis results based on an online survey (N = 150) suggested that, overall, WFH improved family relationships through proper adaptive processes. WFH had a positive relation to time spent with family members, and this relation was especially salient for workers with lower education levels. While there was no statistically significant overall relation between WFH and work-life balance, older workers tended to engage in increased work-life balance during WFH. Both adaptive processes were positively related to family relationship quality. The findings advance the understanding of family relationships and WFH and provide practical recommendations to enhance family relationships under WFH.
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