Resource-Building Processes Across Life Domains

Father-Child Interactions as Starting Points for Resource Caravans

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21703812
AutoresP L Klumb (0000-0002-4825-6676, University of Fribourg, autor de correspondencia), 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)
Año2022
Volumen23
Número7
Páginas3263-3283
Fecha de publicación2022-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Happiness Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1389-4978 • E-ISSN: 1573-7780
EditorialSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10902-022-00523-4
PMID36221297
OpenAlexW4283021995
IdiomaEN
Referencias 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