Mediation Effect of Maladaptive Coping between Work-to-Family Conflict and Cardiovascular Health Behaviors

Hwa-Mi Yang and Hye-Ryoung Kim ()
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Hwa-Mi Yang: Department of Nursing, Daejin University, Pocheon-si 11159, Korea
Hye-Ryoung Kim: College of Nursing, ShinHan University, 30, Beolmadeul-ro 40beon-gil, Dongducheon-si 11340, Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 21, 1-9

Abstract: Work-to-family conflicts (WFC), an aggravating factor of stress, may affect cardiovascular health. However, the link between WFC and cardiovascular health behaviors is not fully defined. This study intends to identify the mediating effect of coping strategy on the relation between WFC with cardiovascular health behaviors, such as smoking, stress management, increased physical activity, and healthy diet habits. The study is a cross-sectional online survey with 358 call center counselors. We adopted a linear regression to confirm the relationship between WFC, coping strategy, and cardiovascular health behavior, which are the main variables of the study. Maladaptive coping partially mediated the relationship between WFC and cardiovascular health behavior. Based on the results, we insist that a support system to reduce WFC is necessary, as well as increasing the availability of resources and policies to reduce WFC in the workplace and find ways to improve maladaptive coping to promote healthy behaviors of call center workers.

Keywords: conflict; coping strategy; health behavior; mediation analysis; stress; psychological (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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