Exploring the reciprocal nature of work-family guilt and its effects on work/family-related performance

Figures & data

Figure 1. A model testing the bidirectional and reciprocal nature of work-family guilt.

Table 1. Mean, standard deviation, and correlation of the variables (n = 627).

	M	SD	WIF	FIW	WIFG	FIWG	WP	FP	FH	WH
WIF	9.33	2.67	-
FIW	7.80	2.42	.484*	-
WIFG	15.89	4.63	.329*	.212*	-
FIWG	13.78	4.45	.209*	.284*	.580*	-
WP	39.25	5.30	−.035	−.144*	.027	−.029	-
FP	29.23	6.01	−.181*	−.065	−.071	−.082*	.285*	-
FH	3.84	6.74	−.016	.105*	−.065	.012	−.030	.132*	-
WH	40.04	16.39	.179*	.025	.115*	.078	.062	−.029	−.008	-

NOTE. WIF = WORK-TO-FAMILY CONFLICT; FIW = FAMILY-TO-WORK CONFLICT; WIFG = WORK-TO-FAMILY GUILT; FIWG = FAMILY-TO-WORK GUILT; WP = WORK PERFORMANCE; FP = FAMILY PERFORMANCE; FH = TIME SPENT ON FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES; WH = WORK HOURS. → REPRESENTS THE PATH DIRECTION, p < .05.

Table 2. Goodness-of-fit of the measurement of the proposed model.

				Baseline model			User model
	AIC	BIC	N	$x^2$	$df$	p	$\mathrm{\Delta }{x}^2$	$\mathrm{\Delta }df$	p	CFI	RMSEA	SRMR
Proposed model	45671.506	46013.459	627	9156.578	465	.000	918.000	419	.000	0.943	0.044	0.044

Table 3. Goodness-of-fit of the proposed model.

				Baseline model			User model
	AIC	BIC	N	$x^2$	$df$	p	$\mathrm{\Delta }{x}^2$	$\mathrm{\Delta }df$	p	CFI	RMSEA	SRMR
Proposed model	59090.386	59450.103	627	9481.038	595	.000	1314.104	548	.000	0.914	0.047	0.064

Figure 2. Final model with the regression coefficients labelled for each path.

Note. Broken lines represent non-significant paths, the curved line represents the covariance, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.

Table 4. Summary of the parameter estimates and covariance of the latent variables.

Path relations	Estimates
WH → WIF	.011**
WH → WIFG	.002
FH → FIW	.020**
FH → FIWG	−.002
WIF → WIFG	.353***
WIF → FP	−.280***
FIW → FIWG	.262***
FIW → WP	−.124***
WIFG → FIWG	.334***
WIFG → WP	.041*
FIWG → WIFG	.328***
FIWG → FP	−.035
Covariance of the latent variable
WIF, FIW	.066***

NOTE. WIF = WORK-TO-FAMILY CONFLICT; FIW = FAMILY-TO-WORK CONFLICT; WIFG = WORK-TO-FAMILY GUILT; FIWG = FAMILY-TO-WORK GUILT; WP = WORK PERFORMANCE; FP = FAMILY PERFORMANCE; FH = TIME SPENT ON FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES; WH = WORK HOURS. → REPRESENTS THE PATH DIRECTION, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.