Daily Work–Family Conflict and Alcohol Use: Testing the Cross-LevelModeration Effects of Peer Drinking Norms and Social Support

摘要

In the current study, we conducted daily telephone interviews with a sample of Chinese workers (N =57) for 5 weeks to examine relationships between daily work–family conflict and alcohol use. Drawnfrom the tension reduction theory and the stressor–vulnerability model, daily work–family conflictvariables were hypothesized to predict employees' daily alcohol use. Further, social variables (i.e., peerdrinking norms, family support, and coworker support) were hypothesized to moderate the relationshipbetween work–family conflict and alcohol use. Results showed that daily work-to-family conflict but notfamily-to-work conflict had a significant within-subject main effect on daily alcohol use. In addition,there was significant between-subject variation in the relationship between work-to-family conflict andalcohol use, which was predicted by peer drinking norms, coworker support, and family support. Thecurrent findings shed light on the daily health behavior consequences of work–family conflict andprovide important theoretical and practical implications.