title: The contribution of role satisfaction, meaning in life and work-home conflict to explaining well-being among working grandparents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study aimed to examine the relationship of satisfaction with occupied roles as well as the sense of meaning in life and experience of work-home conflict to well-being among working grandparents in Israel.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research sample consisted of 316 employed grandparents aged 50-80 (153 grandfathers and 163 grandmothers), who were employed in various types of organizations. Data were collected using structured questionnaires. Structural equation modeling was used for data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The research findings indicate that the sense of meaning in life mediated the relationship between role satisfaction and the two types of work-home conflict. A significant relationship was found between "work interferes with family" conflict and negative affect. Higher personal resources were associated with higher meaning in life. Gender was not related to the experience of work-home conflict or to any of the outcome variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The centrality of meaning in life in the model that explains the experience of work-home conflict and its outcomes among working grandparents, derives from its mediating role in the relationship between the experience of role satisfaction and both types of role conflict, as well as from its direct impact on positive and negative affect.
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Work , Bar-Ilan University , Ramat-Gan , Israel.
authors.forename: Liat
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kulik
authors.affiliation: b The Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences , Bar-Ilan University , Ramat-Gan , Israel.
authors.forename: Sagit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shilo-Levin
authors.affiliation: c Data-Graph Research & Statistical Consulting , Holon , Israel.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liberman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D000066502:Grandparents / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Family interferes with work conflict; grandfather; grandmother; negative affect; positive affect; work interferes with family conflict