Effect of Sleep Quality and Depression on Married Female Nurses’ Work–Family Conflict

Eunhee Hwang and Yeongbin Yu
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Eunhee Hwang: Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University, Iksan 54538, Korea
Yeongbin Yu: Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University, Iksan 54538, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 15, 1-14

Abstract: Married female nurses experience work–family conflict (WFC) as they manage excessive work and various working-hour types while rearing children and tending household chores, and as a result, they continuously constantly deliberate over quitting their job or moving to a different workplace. Married nurses were found to have shorter sleep duration and sleep latency compared to single nurses, and high job stress not only hinders their family life but also causes sleep problems. Depression is a classic negative emotion experienced by married working women who must manage both work and family. This study aims to examine WFC in married female nurses and investigate its predictors, namely depression and sleep quality. A total of 229 married female nurses completed a Google questionnaire link consisting of the Work–Family Conflict Scale, Sleep-Quality Scale, and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t -test, ANOVA, LSD post hoc test, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and multiple regression using the SPSS/WIN 26.0 program. The average WFC score was 4.84 ± 1.12 (range 1–7); WFC showed a statistical difference according to a stage of the lifecycle (F = 7.12, p = 0.001) and perceived health (F = 12.01, p < 0.001). WFC was low among those in the non-parenthood stage of the lifecycle (? = ?0.26, p < 0.001), those with good (? = ?0.18, p = 0.011) or moderate perceived health (? = ?0.15, p = 0.023), and those without turnover intention (? = ?0.13, p = 0.016). On the other hand, WFC was high among those who were extremely dissatisfied with their job (? = 0.16, p = 0.008) and those who had a high level of depression (? = 0.22, p = 0.002); these variables explained 20.2% of WFC (F = 7.663, p < 0.001). Based on these results, subsequent studies should develop and implement coping programs that help reduce WFC and improve depression and sleep quality in married female nurses.

Keywords: work; family; role conflict; depression; sleep quality; married nurses (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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