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Work–Family Conflict Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version

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  • Yura Loscalzo
  • Rosalba Raffagnino
  • Claudia Gonnelli
  • Marco Giannini

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In literature, there are many instruments for measuring the work–family conflict (W-F-C). The Work–Family Conflict Scale (WFCS) is one of the most used tools. This study aimed to evaluate its psychometric properties on a sample of 684 Italian workers (42.1% males, 57.9% females, mean age = 45.51 ± 10.91). We also evaluated if there were some demographic differences in the W-F-C, with relation to gender, the presence of children, and the kind of job (i.e., medical doctors and other health professionals, teachers and researchers, employees, manual workers, self-employed workers). We found that the Italian WFCS has good psychometric properties. Moreover, contrary to our hypotheses, males experience higher W-F-C than females, and the lowest level of W-F-C characterize doctors and other health professionals. Manual workers and self-employed workers seem to be the two job categories that experience the highest level of W-F-C.

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  • Yura Loscalzo & Rosalba Raffagnino & Claudia Gonnelli & Marco Giannini, 2019. "Work–Family Conflict Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version," SAGE Open, , vol. 9(3), pages 21582440198, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:9:y:2019:i:3:p:2158244019861495
    DOI: 10.1177/2158244019861495
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