2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Elucidation of the psychological processes involved in work-family synergy of middle-aged and elderly people

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23730690
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Clinical psychology
Research Institution	National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
Principal Investigator	TOMIDA Makiko 独立行政法人国立長寿医療研究センター, 予防開発部, 研究員 (40587565)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Keywords	仕事と家庭の両立 / 中高年者 / 精神的健康 / ワーク・ファミリー・コンフリクト / ワーク・ファミリー・ファシリテーション
Research Abstract	In order to clarify the aspects of work-family balance of middle-aged and elderly people, considered from the perspective work-family facilitation (WFF) is a positive side and work-family conflict (WFC) is a negative side. The factor structure of the WFC/WFF measure of middle-aged and elderly people was confirmed. Then, differences by gender and generation have been shown about the characteristics of the WFC/WFF of middle-aged and elderly people. In addition, psychological process model of work and family environmental factors and WFC/WFF and mental health was constructed.

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