Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Rest to Resist: How Recovery Shields Well-Being from Work–Family Strain
Originally published 2025-08-12 · Behavioral Sciences
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/bs15081089 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Relevant to decisions about recovery opportunities that fit individual work and family demands; the original evidence concerns 240 employees completing validated self-report measures.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
Which kind of recovery is missing from a difficult working week?
This reading brings detachment, relaxation, mastery and control as different recovery experiences into the kindness pathway. The cross-sectional employee recovery survey offers a specific workplace lens on how employment and family life meet.
Study context
240 employees completing validated self-report measures
Age / stage: Working adults; children not directly assessed
Read with three questions
- How did the researchers define and assess the four recovery experiences and reported wellbeing?
- What does the study design allow us to conclude about partial statistical mediation versus causal buffering?
- What would need to be checked before adopting recovery opportunities that fit individual work and family demands?
Keep the limits in view
Cross-sectional mediation cannot establish that recovery prevents harm; relaxation's stronger association is not proof that it is the best intervention for everyone.
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Cátia Sousa; Laura Silva (2025). Rest to Resist: How Recovery Shields Well-Being from Work–Family Strain Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15081089
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