Child-care satisfaction: linkages to work attitudes, interrole conflict, and maternal separation anxiety |
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Authors: | LC Buffardi CJ Erdwins |
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Affiliation: | Psychology Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA. buffardi@gmu.edu |
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Abstract: | Analysis of a 20-item measure of child-care satisfaction (CCS) revealed 3 interpretable factors: Caregiver Communication, Dependability, and Attentiveness. These CCS factors were used, along with employer sensitivity to child-care needs and spousal support, in hierarchical multiple regressions to predict various measures of work attitudes and role strain. Replicated across 2 samples of employed women, the CCS factors demonstrated differential patterns of relationships in which Caregiver Attentiveness was associated with lower professional-self role conflict and higher levels of affective organizational commitment and job satisfaction, whereas Caregiver Communication was associated with lower levels of both professional-parent conflict and maternal separation anxiety. These findings support the position that CCS is central to the functioning of employed mothers in both work and family domains. |
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