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The Role of Personal and Environmental Resources in Predicting Work-Family Facilitation and Mental Health Among Employed Parents of Children With Disabilities in Croatia
Šimunić, A.; Slišković, A.; Tokić, A.; Ombla, J.; Stewart, L. The Roles of Personal and Environmental Resources in Predicting Work–Family Facilitation and Mental Health among Employed Parents of Children with Disabilities in Croatia. Behav. Sci.2023, 13, 710.
Šimunić, A.; Slišković, A.; Tokić, A.; Ombla, J.; Stewart, L. The Roles of Personal and Environmental Resources in Predicting Work–Family Facilitation and Mental Health among Employed Parents of Children with Disabilities in Croatia. Behav. Sci. 2023, 13, 710.
Šimunić, A.; Slišković, A.; Tokić, A.; Ombla, J.; Stewart, L. The Roles of Personal and Environmental Resources in Predicting Work–Family Facilitation and Mental Health among Employed Parents of Children with Disabilities in Croatia. Behav. Sci.2023, 13, 710.
Šimunić, A.; Slišković, A.; Tokić, A.; Ombla, J.; Stewart, L. The Roles of Personal and Environmental Resources in Predicting Work–Family Facilitation and Mental Health among Employed Parents of Children with Disabilities in Croatia. Behav. Sci. 2023, 13, 710.
Abstract
Quantitative research on positive aspects of work-life integration and the well-being of families with children with disabilities is scarce, especially in the national context. The aim of this study was to examine the contributions of some personal and environmental resources in explaining work-to-family (WFF) and family-to-work (FWF) facilitation and mental health of parents of children with disabilities residing in Croatia. The mediational role of WFF and FWF in the relationship between the resources and mental health was tested, while controlling for some general socio-demographic variables. A total of 571 employed parents of a child/children with disabilities completed an online self-assessment questionnaire. The results showed higher WFF (19%) was predicted by higher levels of social support at work, a higher level of education, posttraumatic growth (PTG) of personal strength, and recovery management. Higher FWF (46%) was predicted by higher levels of social support in the family, PTG of personal strength, the emotional regulation strategy of reorienting to planning, optimism, a lower age, the male gender, a greater number of children, and a higher level of education. A higher level of mental health (47%) was predicted directly by higher levels of optimism, recovery management, FWF, emotional regulation strategies of positive refocusing and planning, and a greater number of children, and indirectly by all the predictors of FWF, through a higher level of FWF (but not WFF).
Keywords
parents of children with disabilities; mental health; work-family facilitation; emotional regulation strategies; optimism; posttraumatic growth; social support; recovery management
Subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
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