Parenting Journal · Work & family · Volume 1 · Issue 4

Room for Work, Room for Life

One hundred readings on work, care and organizational life. Direct working-family evidence and broader workplace evidence are labeled separately.

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Vol. 1 · Issue 4 · Kindness · Multicenter cross-sectional parent-nurse survey

Work–family conflict and burnout in night-shift nurses with children: the mediating roles of recovery experience and fatigue

What would real recovery look like for a parent who works nights?

Working parents; children's ages not stated in the abstractCC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 4 · Kindness · Systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

Work-family conflict and mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis

What does evidence over time tell us about work-family strain and mental health?

Adult work literature; not a child studyCC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 4 · Kindness · Three-condition field experiment with three measurement waves

Positive Psychological Micro-Interventions to Improve the Work–Family Interface: Use Your Resources and Count Your Blessings

Which small practices help working mothers, and which promises need more evidence?

Working mothers; children's ages not specified in the abstractCC BY (version not stated)Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 4 · Kindness · Cross-sectional employed-parent survey with path modeling

Work-Family Conflict and Mindful Parenting: The Mediating Role of Parental Psychopathology Symptoms and Parenting Stress in a Sample of Portuguese Employed Parents

What might help a parent arrive home with more patience and less strain?

Parents of children and adolescents aged 1-19CC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 4 · Kindness · Correlational working-mother survey with latent-variable modeling

Mothers balancing work and family: the associations with emotional well-being, sleep–wake problems and the role of basic needs

What basic needs must be met before a working mother can feel restored?

Mothers of children aged 1-36 monthsCC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 4 · Kindness · Observational worker survey and biomarker analysis

Work-family enrichment: A potential buffer of inflammation among black adults?

Could positive experiences across work and family matter for physical wellbeing too?

Working adults; not a child studyCC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 4 · Kindness · Cross-sectional financial-sector employee survey

The impact of work-family conflict on the mental health of female employees in the financial sector of China: a cross-sectional study

Can the wellbeing of a high-pressure workforce be understood without its family demands?

Working adult women; not exclusively parentsCC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 4 · Kindness · Cross-sectional national employee survey analysis

Association between nonstandard work schedules and employees’ self-rated mental health with perceived work stress, work–family conflict and job satisfaction as psychosocial mediators: a national study in China

How does the pattern of a work schedule shape life outside work?

Working adults across schedule typesCC BY (version not stated)Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 4 · Kindness · Cross-sectional latent-profile occupational study

Need for Recovery and Work–Family Conflict in the Armed Forces: A Latent Profile Analysis of Job Demands and Resources

What support is missing when demanding work leaves little energy for home?

Working adults; children not directly assessedCC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 4 · Kindness · Systematic review with narrative thematic synthesis

The work-family interface and the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review

What can a crisis teach us without becoming a blueprint for every family?

Adult, couple and parenting literature during COVID-19CC BY (version not stated)Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 4 · Kindness · Systematic review of protective factors

Promoting Women’s Well-Being: A Systematic Review of Protective Factors for Work–Family Conflict

What kinds of protection come from a person, a relationship, or an organization?

Adult women in the reviewed work-family literatureCC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 4 · Kindness · Prospective register-linked municipal employee study

Work-family conflicts and sickness absence due to mental disorders among female municipal employees – a register-linked study comparing health and social care employees to employees in other sectors

Could work-family strain become visible in longer-term absence records?

Women aged 19-39CC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Vol. 1 · Issue 4 · Kindness · Longitudinal occupational health survey

Associations between occupational stress, work–family imbalance, and harmful alcohol consumption among workers: A longitudinal study

How might strain crossing from work to home affect health behaviors over time?

Working adults aged 20-65CC BY 4.0Working-family evidence
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Study designs and age labels describe the source. Read each study’s findings and limitations before applying them to your family.