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
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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