Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/331214 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Family Issues [ISSN:] 1552-5481 [Issue:] OnlineFirst [Publisher:] Sage [Place:] Thousand Oaks, CA [Year:] 2025 [Pages:] 1-26
Publisher: 
Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA
Abstract: 
Despite growing evidence that parental work–family conflict (WFC) affects children’s emotional well-being, little is known about the multiple pathways underlying such effects. This study examines the association between parental WFC and children’s emotional well-being and the potential mediating role of parenting behaviors in this process. Using the German Family Panel data from wave 6 (2013/2014), wave 8 (2015/2016), wave 10 (2017/2018), and wave 12 (2019/20), we use random-effects and multiple mediation models to analyze how parental WFC influences parenting behaviors and children’s emotional well-being, and whether parenting behaviors mediate their association. Parental WFC is linked to more negative communication and conflict and less parental warmth, especially among mothers. Parental WFC is linked to children’s emotional well-being, with a more pronounced association for mothers’ WFC. Mediation analyses showed that parenting behaviors partially mediate this association. Our results underscore the importance of reducing WFC among working parents to promote children’s emotional well-being.
Subjects: 
work–family conflict
emotional well-being
parenting behaviors
mediation analysis
pairfam
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Published Version

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