title: Age Differences in the Longitudinal Relationship between Work-Family Conflict and Alcohol Use.
abstract: Research on the relationship between work-family conflict and alcohol use has generally shown small effects possibly due to failure to include important individual differences relevant to the experience of work-family conflict and alcohol use, notably age. This study examined whether the relationships between aspects of work-family conflict and alcohol use variables differed by age. Participants were 543 individuals (51.2% women) from a community sample of working adults in the greater Chicagoland area who responded to a mail survey at three time points. Results showed important differences between age groups in several predictors of alcohol use. Strain versus time-based conflict had different effects on drinking, and strain-based forms of work-family conflict were related to increased problematic alcohol use depending on age. This study indicates that individual differences, particularly age, should be systematically accounted for when studying the relationship between work-family conflict and alcohol use.
authors.affiliation: 485 SPHPI, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 West Taylor Street, M/C 912, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.affiliation: 481 SPHPI, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 West Taylor Street, M/C 912, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Rospenda
authors.affiliation: 469 SPHPI, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 West Taylor Street, M/C 912, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Richman