The workfamily conflict scale wafcs is a brief 10item scale of workfamily conflict comprising two subscales. Pdf the four item scale measures workfamily conflict as a twodirectional process work interference with family and family interference with. Workfamily and worklife conflict are forms of interrole conflict that occur when the energy, time, or behavioral demands of the work role conflicts with family or personal life roles. The workfamily conflict scale 23 is a short 10item measure. Development and validation of workfamily conflict and familywork conflict scales richard g. Testing a new model of workrelated nonworkrelated and stressrelated outcomes. This paper outlines the development and validation of the workfamily conflict scale wafcs designed to measure worktofamily conflict wfc and familytowork conflict fwc for use with parents of young children. Validation study of the malay version of the workfamily conflict. In fact, 18% of valid responses were from women consistently reporting the same value on the 7point likert scale. Workfamily conflict, familywork conflict as predictors. Demographics were assessed using the family background questionnaire 25. An expert informant and consumer feedback approach was utilised to develop and refine 20 items, which were subjected to a rigorous validation process using two separate samples. Development and validation of workfamily conflict and family.
Boles georgia state university robert mcmurrian louisiana state university researchers report on a 3sample study that developed and validated short, selfreport. Pdf the four item scale measures workfamily conflict as a twodirectional process work interference with family and family interference with work find, read and cite all the research. Workfamily conflict is a specific form of worklife conflict. The next set of questions is about your personal experiences of paid work and family life. Table 2 multi item scale for measuring workfamily, familywork conflict. The workfamily conflict scale wfc was developed and validated by netemeyer, boles and mcmurrian 1996. Workfamily conflict is of growing importance in society as it has important consequences for work, nonwork, and personal outcomes such as. The atq is a 30item scale used as a measure of depressive thoughts and behaviors. A short, valid, predictive measure of workfamily conflict.
Development and validation of workfamily conflict and. It has 5 items with a likert scale from strongly disagree 1 to strongly agree 7. A short, valid, predictive measure of work family con ict. Thus, the workfamily conflict questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument among malayspeaking working women. The workfamily conflict scale wfcs is one of the most used tools.
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