Table 3.
Statement |
Scale 1 |
Scale 2 |
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n |
Mean ± SD |
Median |
Interquartile Range |
n |
Mean ± SD |
Median |
Interquartile Range |
|
The demands of my work interfere with my personal and family life. | 236 | 5.51 ± 1.51 | 6 | 2 | 181 | 4.11 ± 2.18 | 4 | 4 |
The amount of time my job requires makes it difficult to fulfill my family responsibilities. | 233 | 4.97 ± 1.61 | 5 | 2 | 181 | 4.12 ± 2.00 | 4 | 4 |
Things I want to do at home do not get done because of the demands of my job. | 236 | 5.33 ± 1.63 | 6 | 3 | 181 | 4.09 ± 2.17 | 4 | 4 |
Due to work-related duties, I have to make changes to my plans for family activities or miss out on family-related activities. | 235 | 5.75 ± 1.56 | 6 | 2 | 181 | 3.99 ± 2.27 | 4 | 4 |
There is a conflict between my job and commitment to those responsibilities and the responsibilities I have to my family. | 236 | 4.96 ± 1.69 | 5 | 2 | 181 | 4.15 ± 2.04 | 4 | 4 |
Scale 1 defined family as having a partner or spouse with or without children; scale 2 defined family as close relatives, including parents, siblings, and grandparents, involved in one's life. Individuals could answer either or both scales depending on their current family situations. Each instrument was a 7-point Likert scale with 1 = strongly disagree through 7 = strongly agree. Adapted with permission from Pitney WA, Mazerolle SM, Pagnotta KD. Work-family conflict among athletic trainers in the secondary school setting. J Athl Train. 2011;46(2):185–193.