title: The Work-Family Conflict Scale (WAFCS): development and initial validation of a self-report measure of work-family conflict for use with parents.
abstract: This paper outlines the development and validation of the Work-Family Conflict Scale (WAFCS) designed to measure work-to-family conflict (WFC) and family-to-work conflict (FWC) for use with parents of young children. An expert informant and consumer feedback approach was utilised to develop and refine 20 items, which were subjected to a rigorous validation process using two separate samples of parents of 2-12 year old children (n = 305 and n = 264). As a result of statistical analyses several items were dropped resulting in a brief 10-item scale comprising two subscales assessing theoretically distinct but related constructs: FWC (five items) and WFC (five items). Analyses revealed both subscales have good internal consistency, construct validity as well as concurrent and predictive validity. The results indicate the WAFCS is a promising brief measure for the assessment of work-family conflict in parents. Benefits of the measure as well as potential uses are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Parenting and Family Support Centre, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia, d.haslam@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Divna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Haslam
authors.forename: Ania
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Filus
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morawska
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fletcher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult