Title
Disentangling the causal relationships between work-home interference and employee health
Author
TNO Kwaliteit van Leven
van Hooff, M.L.M.
Geurts, S.A.E.
Taris, T.W.
Kompier, M.A.J.
Dikkers, J.S.E.
Houtman, I.L.D.
van den Heuvel, F.M.M.
Publication year
2005
Abstract
Objectives: The present study was designed to investigate the causal relationships between (time- and strain-based) work-home interference and employee health. The effort-recovery theory provided the theoretical basis for this study. Methods: Two-phase longitudinal data (with a 1-ye ar time lag) were gathered from 730 Dutch police officers to test the following hypotheses with structural equation modeling: (i) work-home interference predicts health deterioration, (ii) health complaints precede increased levels of such interference, and (iii) both processes operate. The relationship between stable and changed levels of work-home interference across time and their relationships with the course of health were tested with a group-by-time analysis of variance. Four subgroups were created that differed in starting point and the development of work-home interference across time. Results: The normal causal model, in which strain-based (b ut not time-based) work-home interference was longitudinally related to increased health complaints 1 year later, fit the data well and significantly better than the reversed causal model. Although the reciprocal model also provided a good fit, it was less parsimonious than the normal causal model. In addition, both an increment in (strain-based) work-home interference across time and a long-lasting experience of high (strain-based) work-home interference were associated with a deterioration in health. Conclusions: It was concluded that (str ain-based) work-home interference acts as a precursor of health impairment and that different patterns of (strain-based) work-home interference across time are related to different health courses. Particularly long-term experience of (strain-based) work-home interference seems responsible for an accumulation of health complaints. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Subject
Gezondheidstoestand
Ziekte en Gezondheid
Police
Modellenonderzoek
Nederland
Stress
Geestelijke overbelasting
Psychische arbeidsbelasting
Veilig en Gezond Werken
Depressive complaints
Fatigue
Longitudinal data
Police officers
Work-family conflict
Health impact
Health risk
Occupational exposure
Working conditions
Controlled study
Employee
Health status
Home
Hypothesis
Longitudinal study
Netherlands
Occupational health
Police
Statistical model
Theoretical study
Time
Work
Adult
Causality
Conflict (Psychology)
Depression
Family
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Occupational Health
Stress, Psychological
Work
Benelux
Eastern Hemisphere
Eurasia
Europe
Netherlands
Western Europe
World
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.844
TNO identifier
238322
ISSN
0355-3140
Source
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 31 (31), 15-29
Document type
article