How Do Family Role Overload and Work Interferance with Family Affect the Life Satisfaction and Sleep Sufficiency of Construction Professionals?

Ruodan Lu, Ziyi Wang, Xiaoming Lin and Liang Guo
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Ruodan Lu: School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
Ziyi Wang: Data Science Institute and Department of Statistics, Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai 264209, China
Xiaoming Lin: Data Science Institute and Department of Statistics, Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai 264209, China
Liang Guo: Data Science Institute and Department of Statistics, Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai 264209, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 17, 1-14

Abstract: Sleep and work-family problems attract a great attention in the construction industry because construction professionals are usually prone to work-family conflicts and sleep problems. The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of Family-Role Overload (FRO) and Work Interference with Family (WIF) on sleep sufficiency. We also included life satisfaction as a mediator and family supportive supervision behaviors (FSSB) as a moderator. Using a sample of 193 Chinese construction professionals, we collected objectively-measured sleep sufficiency data with validated wrist actigraphies and self-reported sleep sufficiency data, FRO, WIF, life satisfaction and FSSB with questionnaires through multiple waves. Results demonstrated that FRO was negatively associated with both objectively-measured and self-reported sleep sufficiency and life satisfaction played an important mediating role in this relationship. The moderating effect of life satisfaction on the path between WIF and sleep sufficiency is trivial. In addition, no significant moderating effects of FSSB were found. More substantial policies should be taken to improve the life satisfaction and sleep sufficiency of construction professionals.

Keywords: work-family conflict; sleep; family role overload; work interference with family; life satisfaction; family supportive supervision behaviors; construction professional (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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