The Cost of Repaying Trust: Examining Psychological Detachment as a Mediator in the Relationship Between Feeling Trusted and Work–Family Conflict

Figures & data

Figure 1 Theoretical model.

Table 1 Descriptive Statistics

Variable	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. Gender	1.60	0.49	–
2. Age	33.13	6.77	0.03	–
3. Tenure	5.48	4.58	−0.05	0.71***	–
4. Children	1.43	0.50	−0.04	−0.45***	−0.36***	–
5. Feeling trusted	3.30	0.85	0.02	−0.04	−0.05	−0.08	(0.80)
6. PRB	4.84	1.04	0.15**	0.17**	0.02	−0.01	0.08	(0.90)
7. PD	2.84	0.92	0.03	0.08	0.05	−0.00	−0.19***	0.04	(0.85)
8. WFC	3.72	1.34	0.12*	0.02	0.03	−0.11*	0.11*	0.32***	−0.19***	(0.92)

Notes: N = 375. Gender: 1 = male, 2 = female; children: 1 = at least one, 2 = one or more children. Cronbach’s alphas are presented in parentheses on the diagonal. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

Abbreviations: M, mean; SD, standard deviation; PRB, positive reciprocity beliefs; PD, psychological detachment; WFC, Work–family Conflict.

Table 2 Confirmatory Factor Analysis Results

Models	χ^2	df	χ^2/df	∆χ^2(∆df)^a	RMSEA	CFI	TLI	SRMR
4-factor model (all variables are independent)	552.56	203	2.72	–	0.07	0.93	0.92	0.06
3-factor model (feeling trusted and PD are combined into one factor)	1133.89	206	5.50	518.33(3)***	0.11	0.82	0.79	0.10
3-factor model (PD and WFC are combined into one factor)	1154.44	206	5.60	601.88(3)***	0.11	0.81	0.79	0.11
2-factor model (feeling trusted, PD, WFC are combined into one factor)	1635.32	208	7.86	1082.76(5)***	0.14	0.72	0.69	0.13
1-factor model (all variables are combined into one factor)	2973.45	209	14.23	2420.89(6)***	0.19	0.45	0.40	0.18

Notes: N = 375. χ² = chi-square; ^aall models are compared with the 4-factor model. ***p < 0.001.

Abbreviations: df, degrees of freedom; RMSEA, root-mean-square error of approximation; CFI, comparative fit index; TLI, Tucker-Lewis index; SRMR, standardized root-mean square residual; PD, psychological detachment; WFC, Work–family Conflict.

Table 3 Path Analysis Results

Variable	PD		WFC
	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE
Intercept	2.28***	0.42	4.43***	0.62
Control variables
Gender	0.05	0.10	0.32*	0.14
Age	0.01	0.01	−0.01	0.02
Tenure	−0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02
Children	0.05	0.11	−0.27	0.15
Main variables
Feeling trusted	−0.17**	0.06	0.11	0.10
PRB	0.01	0.05
Feeling trusted × PRB	−0.13*	0.06
PD			−0.25**	0.09

Notes: N = 375; Unstandardized regression coefficients are reported. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

Abbreviations: PRB, positive reciprocity beliefs; PD, psychological detachment; WFC, Work–family Conflict; SE, standard error.

Figure 2 The interactive effect of feeling trusted and positive reciprocity beliefs on psychological detachment.