Title | A 2-Year Longitudinal Relationship Between Work-Family Conflict and Health Among Older Workers: Can Gardening Help? |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2021 |
Authors | Cho, E, Chen, T-Y, Janke, MC |
Journal | Journal of Applied Gerontology |
Volume | 40 |
Issue | 10 |
Pagination | 1330-1341 |
ISSN Number | 0733-4648 |
Keywords | Chronic conditions, depression, Disability, Leisure activities, Self-rated health, Senior workers, work-family interference |
Abstract | With the graying workforce worldwide, identifying factors that facilitate older workers' health is critically important. We examined whether gardening mitigates the relationship of work-family conflict with disability, chronic conditions, depressive symptoms, and self-rated health among older workers. We drew a subsample of older workers aged 55 years and above from the Health and Retirement Study (N= 1,598). Our results indicate that the relationships of work-to-family conflict at baseline with disability and with poorer self-rated health at a 2-year follow-up were stronger for those who gardened less than those who gardened more. No significant interaction was found between family-to-work conflict and gardening in predicting the health outcomes. This study is the first to show that gardening may have a protective effect against the adverse impact of work-to-family conflict on older workers' health. |
DOI | 10.1177/0733464820934678 |
Citation Key | ISI:000548876000001 |
PubMed ID | 32667241 |