Family Influences on College Students' Anticipated Work-Family Conflict,Social Self-Efficacy,and Self-Esteem |
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| Authors: | Stephen L Wright Jason A Kacmarski Dylan M Firsick Michael A Jenkins-Guarnieri Abigail J Kimm |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Applied Psychology and Counselor Education, University of Northern Colorado;2. Department of Veterans Affairs, Denver, Colorado;3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California;4. Department of Veterans Affairs, Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Abstract: | The authors sought to test work-family conflict (WFC) theory by examining how family relationships may influence WFC, social self-efficacy, and self-esteem. They developed and tested a structural model of the relationship between family career influence and self-esteem through the mediating variables of anticipated emotion-based WFC, behavior-based WFC, and the cognitive variable of social self-efficacy. Data were collected from 301 college students (208 women, 93 men) and analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results indicated that family career influence positively related to college students' self-esteem through the mediating variables of social self-efficacy and emotion-based WFC. Behavior-based WFC did not function as a mediating variable. When focusing on issues related to students' self-esteem, career counselors should address ways that family influences anticipated emotion-based WFC and use interventions designed to increase social self-efficacy. Future researchers should consider and test additional mediating factors that may help explain how the dimensions of WFC relate to self-esteem. |
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| Keywords: | career development family career influence self-esteem work-family conflict social self-efficacy |
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