Work-Home Strains, Psychological Distress and Sickness Absence among Mothers - a Prospective Study of Mechanisms and Protective Factors, 2011

This study has examined how mental health, absence due to illness, working factors and family factors are connected. The focus has been on work-home conflicts and absence due to illness. As studies in this field has turned out to result in mixed findings, in addition to being exposed to selection bias, some of the purpose of the project was to find out how different familial factors, such as the quality of the couple's relationship, problematic relationship with children, and conflict between work and home, interact with absence due to illness of Norwegian parents.

Data generated in this project are selfraporting questionaire data from mothers, fathers and children that has been carried out from 1993 to 2011 and are a part of the TOPP-study “”Trivsel og OPPvekst i barndom og ungdomstid”.

The TOPP study has through 8 rounds collected questionaire data concerning children and young people and their families. The study examines development paths to wellbeing and good mental health as well as mental illnesses and the use of alcohol among children and young people. In addition, mental health, couple relations, divorce, burnout and absence due to illness were examined among mothers and fathers.

In this sub project concerning the parents work-home conflict, mental health and absence due to illness we have used self-reporting data about symptoms of anxiety and depression, work control, demands and support, days if anbsence due to illness, health factors, couple relations, burnouts, relationship with children, personality, coping and family stress / strains and so on.

For further information about ”Work-Home Strains, Psychological Distress and Sickness Absence among Mothers - a Prospective Study of Mechanisms and Protective Factors, 2011”, please contact the principal investigator.

本研究探讨了心理健康、因病缺勤、工作相关因素与家庭因素之间的关联，核心聚焦于工作-家庭冲突与因病缺勤问题。鉴于该领域现有研究结论莫衷一是，且普遍存在选择偏倚问题，本项目的核心目标之一即为厘清夫妻关系质量、亲子关系紧张、工作-家庭冲突等不同家庭因素，与挪威籍父母因病缺勤之间的相互作用机制。
本项目所使用的数据为1993年至2011年间收集的母亲、父亲与儿童的自我报告问卷数据，该数据集隶属于TOPP研究（Trivsel og OPPvekst i barndom og ungdomstid）。
TOPP研究历经8轮数据收集，获取了覆盖儿童、青少年及其家庭的问卷数据。该研究旨在探索儿童与青少年的幸福感、良好心理健康状态的发展轨迹，同时关注其精神疾病与酒精使用情况。此外，研究还针对父母群体的心理健康、夫妻关系、离婚状况、职业倦怠与因病缺勤情况展开了调查。
在这项聚焦父母工作-家庭冲突、心理健康与因病缺勤的子研究中，我们采用了涵盖焦虑抑郁症状、工作控制感、工作要求与工作支持、因病缺勤天数、健康相关因素、夫妻关系、职业倦怠、亲子关系、人格特质、应对方式以及家庭压力/紧张状况等维度的自我报告数据。
如需了解题为《母亲的工作-家庭压力、心理困扰与因病缺勤——一项关于作用机制与保护因素的前瞻性研究（2011）》的更多相关信息，请联系本项目的首席研究员。