Resource-Building Processes Across Life Domains

Father-Child Interactions as Starting Points for Resource Caravans

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ID21703812
AutoresP L Klumb (0000-0002-4825-6676, University of Fribourg, autor correspondente), Soomi Lee (0000-0002-7623-3770, University of South Florida), Sebastian Siegler (University of Fribourg), Bernhard Piskernik (0000-0001-7296-2645, University of Fribourg), Regina Jensen (0000-0001-5176-3743), Manuel C Voelkle (0000-0001-5576-8103, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Ano2022
Volume23
Fascículo7
Páginas3263-3283
Data de publicação2022-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Happiness Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1389-4978 • E-ISSN: 1573-7780
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10902-022-00523-4
PMID36221297
OpenAlexW4283021995
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas55

In two studies, we examined preconditions of resource-building processes between family and work. Focusing on positive father-child interactions, we investigated positive mood states as links between the two life domains. Fathers employed in information technology ( N 1 = 59) and the retail sector ( N 2 = 75) participated in micro-longitudinal studies, both for eight consecutive workdays. Study 1 revealed that fathers with more positive interactions with a child also reported more positive mood states and fathers with more positive mood states perceived more social resources from their supervisor during the week. The indirect effect was small but significant. In Study 2, multilevel structural-equation models did not find indirect effects at the within-person level but did show that positive father-child interactions after work were related to fathers’ positive mood states before going to bed and positive mood in the morning predicted perceived social resources from supervisors (but not from coworkers) in the forenoon. There were also positive effects of perceived social resources from supervisors on positive mood states, after work. But these did not translate into an increase in positive father-child interactions, in the evening. Hence, only single elements were supported but not the overall resource caravan

Positive psychology · Quality of Life Research · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Computer Science · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges