Mindfulness buffers the deleterious effects of workaholism for work-family conflict.
Carole Daniel, Elodie Gentina, Jessica Mesmer‐Magnus
Social science & medicine (1982) June 7, 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115118 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational survey (two-study design) Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 1,022 |
| Population | Employees surveyed about workaholism, work-family conflict, and mindfulness (Study 1 n = 307; Study 2 n = 715) |
| Interventions | Mindfulness practice Mindfulness training |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Humans Behavior, addictive Family relations Surveys and questionnaires Work-family conflict Workaholism Trait mindfulness Mindfulness practice |
| Key findings | Trait mindfulness buffered the relationship between workaholism and work-family conflict in Study 1 (n = 307), and mindfulness practice and mindfulness training similarly buffered this relationship in Study 2 (n = 715). The authors conclude that mindfulness serves as a buffer against workaholism's effects on the work-family interface. |
Abstract
Rationale: Workaholism logically corresponds to the experience of work-family conflict (WFC) which is associated with a wide variety of negative employee outcomes. Finding ways to mitigate the occurrence of workaholism and/or lessen its deleterious effects on the work-family interface is practically important. Mindfulness research may hold some promise in this regard.
Objective: We explore the potential that mindfulness - through its association with accuracy and salience of present moment experience and disengagement from automatic thoughts and debilitating behavior - may buffer the effects of workaholic tendencies on the experience of WFC.
Methods: We use a two-study design (total n = 1022) to examine the role of dispositional mindfulness and mindfulness practice on the workaholism-WFC relationship.
Results: Results suggest that (1) trait mindfulness buffers the workaholism-WFC relationship (Study 1; n = 307), and that (2) mindfulness practice and mindfulness training similarly buffer this relationship (Study 2; n = 715).
Conclusion: Mindfulness effectively serves as a buffer in the relationship between workaholism and WFC.
Comparable studies
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|---|---|---|---|
| Construct Validity of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Meditating and Nonmeditating Samples Experienced meditators and nonmeditating comparison groups | 2008 | Cross-sectional study | |
| Neural Correlates of Dispositional Mindfulness During Affect Labeling Adult participants | 2007 | Observational cross-sectional | n = 27 |
| Assessing mindfulness in children and adolescents: Development and validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). School-aged children and adolescents | 2011 | Cross-sectional validation study | n = 1,413 |
| Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of psychological wellbeing in long-term meditators and matched nonmeditators Experienced meditators and demographically matched nonmeditators | 2012 | Cross-sectional study | n = 152 |
| Mechanisms of Action in the Inverse Relationship Between Mindfulness and Psychological Distress Undergraduates | 2008 | Cross-sectional, correlational |
Citations in the library
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