title: Work-family conflict and alcohol use: examination of a moderated mediation model.
abstract: Research consistently documents the negative effects of work-family conflict; however, little research focuses on alcohol use. This study embraces a tension reduction theory of drinking, wherein alcohol use is thought to reduce the negative effects of stress. The purpose of the study was to test a moderated mediation model of the relationship between work-family conflict and alcohol use in a Chicagoland community sample of 998 caregivers. Structural equation models showed that distress mediated the relationship between work-family conflict and alcohol use. Furthermore, tension reduction expectancies of alcohol exacerbated the relationship between distress and alcohol use. The results advance the study of work-family conflict and alcohol use, helping explain this complicated relationship using sophisticated statistical techniques. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Rospenda
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Richman
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lauren A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Milner
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D002641:Chicago / Q000453:epidemiology; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012380:Role; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology