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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Workaholism, Work Engagement and Child Well-Being: A Test of the Spillover-Crossover Model.

Akihito Shimazu, Arnold B Bakker, Evangelia Demerouti, Takeo Fujiwara, Noboru Iwata, Kyoko Shimada, Masaya Takahashi, Masahito Tokita, Izumi Watai, Norito Kawakami

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 9 institutions in 2 countries.

Akihito ShimazuDepartment of Policy Management, Keio University, 5322 Endo, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0882, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7172-0043
Arnold B BakkerCenter of Excellence for Positive Organizational Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1489-1847
Evangelia DemeroutiDepartment of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Takeo FujiwaraDepartment of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1074-3954
Noboru IwataDepartment of Nursing, Kiryu University, 606 Azami, Kasakake-Cho, Midori, Gunma 379-2393, Japan.
Kyoko ShimadaInstitute of Social Sciences, Toyo University, 5-28-20, Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8606, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1043-5940
Masaya TakahashiResearch Center for Overwork-Related Disorders, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, 6-21-1, Nagao, Tama-ku, Kawasaki 214-8585, Japan.
Masahito TokitaGraduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, 5322 Endo, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0882, Japan.
Izumi WataiCommunity Health Nursing, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1, Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan.
Norito KawakamiDepartment of Mental Health, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1080-2720
Keio University Shonan Fujisawa · JPEindhoven University of Technology · NLErasmus University Rotterdam · NLHamamatsu University School of Medicine · JPKiryu University · JPNational Institute of Occupational Safety and Health · JPThe University of Tokyo · JPTokyo Medical and Dental University · JPToyo University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examines how working parents' work attitudes (i.e., workaholism and work engagement) are associated with their child's psychological well-being. Based on the Spillover-Crossover model (SCM), we hypothesize that (a) work-to-family spillover (i.e., work-to-family conflict and facilitation) and (b) employee happiness will sequentially mediate the relationship between parents' work attitudes and their child's emotional and behavioral problems. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among Japanese dual-earner couples with pre-school child(ren). On the basis of valid data from 208 families, the hypothesized model was tested using structural equation modeling. For both fathers and mothers simultaneously, workaholism was positively related to work-to-family conflict, which, in turn, was negatively related to happiness. In contrast, work engagement was positively related to work-to-family facilitation, which, in turn, was positively related to happiness. Fathers' and mothers' happiness, in turn, were negatively related to their child's emotional and behavioral problems. Results suggest that parents' workaholism and work engagement are related to their child's emotional and behavioral problems in opposite ways, whereby parents' spillover and happiness mediate this relationship. These findings support the SCM and suggest that decreasing workaholism and improving work engagement may not only improve employees' happiness, but also decrease their child's emotional and behavioral problems.

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Child WelfareFamily ConflictWork EngagementAdultChildChild HealthChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesFathersFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMothersWorkloadhappinessspillover-crossover modelworkaholismwork engagementwork-family balance

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PMID32867095
PMCPMC7504585
OpenAlexW3080337557

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