Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Work-family conflict in times of crisis: The moderating roles of self-efficacy and time-based spousal support during pandemic-induced remote work
Originally published 2026-05-05 · PLOS One
PLOS · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0348368 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Relevant to decisions about practical planning of time demands between working partners; the original evidence concerns 211 working parents in dual-earner families during pandemic-induced remote work.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Collaboration
What kind of help from a partner changes a difficult working day?
This reading brings time-based spousal support, self-efficacy and competing work and family demands into the collaboration pathway. The cross-sectional remote-working parent survey offers a specific workplace lens on how employment and family life meet.
Study context
211 working parents in dual-earner families during pandemic-induced remote work
Age / stage: Working parents; children's ages not specified in the abstract
Read with three questions
- How did the researchers define and assess time-based spousal support and directional conflict?
- What does the study design allow us to conclude about supported and unsupported moderating roles of self-efficacy and support?
- What would need to be checked before adopting practical planning of time demands between working partners?
Keep the limits in view
Self-reports under imposed crisis homeworking cannot establish causality; self-efficacy did not moderate time-demand relationships as hypothesized.
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Selda Coşkuner Aktaş (2026). Work-family conflict in times of crisis: The moderating roles of self-efficacy and time-based spousal support during pandemic-induced remote work PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0348368
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