The Effect of Stress of COVID-19 on Chinese Adults’ Work-Family Conflict: Testing a Moderated Mediation Model

Figures & data

Figure 1 The conceptual mediated moderation model.

Table 1 The Participant Demographics

Occupation Type	Percentage
Employees of public organizations	9.6
Employees of medium or large private enterprises	4.1
Employees of small private enterprises	10.9
Individual businesses	16.2
Others (Teachers, doctors, nurses, etc)	59.3
Gender	Percentage
Male	45.9
Female	54.1
Region	Percentage
Urban	16.5
Sub-urban	21.8
Rural areas	61.7

Table 2 Correlation Analysis

	M	SD	1	2	3	4
1. Stress of COVID-19	1.57	0.93	1
2. Perceived work ability	4.86	1.14	−0.20***	1
3. Perceived social support	4.87	1.02	−0.08***	0.43***	1
4. Work-family conflict	2.63	0.85	0.35***	−0.27***	−0.17***	1

Note: N = 2558. ***p < 0.001.

Table 3 Linear Regression Models

Predictors	Model 1 (WFC)	Model 2 (PWA)	Model 3 (WFC)	Model 4 (WFC)
	β (95% CI)	β (95% CI)	β (95% CI)	β (95% CI)
Gender	−0.04 [−0.11, 0.36]	−0.09* [−0.17, −0.02]	−0.06 [−0.13, 0.02]	−0.06 [−0.12, 0.02]
Stress of COVID-19	0.35*** [0.31, 0.38]	−0.20*** [−0.24, −0.16]	0.30*** [0.27, 0.34]	0.30*** [0.26, 0.33]
Perceived work ability			−0.21*** [−0.24, −0.17]	−0.18*** [−0.22, −0.14]
Perceived social support				−0.06** [−0.10, −0.02]
Perceived work ability × Perceived social support				−0.06*** [−0.09, −0.03]
R^2	0.12	0.04	0.16	0.17
F	172.81***	55.84***	162.54***	103.81***

Note: Gender was dummy coded as 1 = male, 2 = female; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

Abbreviations: WFC, Work-family conflict; PWA, Perceived work ability.

Figure 2 Interaction graphs.