Table 1.
Description of work-family conflict studies included in the overall meta-analysis.
| Authors | Publication year | N | Region | Publication class | WFC | WIF | FIW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gan | 2007 | 580 | 1 | 3 | 2.52 ± 0.59 | NA | NA |
| Zeng et al. | 2008 | 249 | NA | 2 | 2.43 ± NA | 2.86 ± 0.84 | 2.00 ± 0.64 |
| Cheng et al. | 2008 | 1,273 | NA | 2 | 2.82 ± 0.50 | 3.29 ± 0.72 | 2.35 ± 0.59 |
| Chen | 2008 | 427 | 3 | 3 | 2.74 ± 0.64 | 2.97 ± 0.80 | 2.49 ± 0.74 |
| Wang | 2009 | 244 | 1 | 3 | 1.82 ± NA | 1.80 ± NA | 1.84 ± NA |
| Zhou and Hao | 2009 | 543 | 2 | 1 | 3.04 ± NA | 3.10 ± 0.65 | 2.98 ± 0.61 |
| Zhang | 2009 | 206 | NA | 3 | 3.15 ± NA | 3.48 ± 0.87 | 2.81 ± 0.84 |
| Chen et al. | 2010 | 513 | 4 | 1 | 3.02 ± NA | 3.49 ± 0.68 | 2.55 ± 0.71 |
| Mu et al. | 2010 | 305 | 1 | 2 | 2.69 ± 0.57 | 3.16 ± 0.78 | 2.22 ± 0.61 |
| Fang | 2010 | 142 | NA | 3 | 2.90 ± NA | 3.20 ± NA | 2.60 ± NA |
| Gao | 2011 | 380 | 3 | 3 | 2.92 ± NA | 3.29 ± 0.67 | 2.54 ± 0.52 |
| Zhang and Liu | 2011 | 387 | 1 | 2 | 2.85 ± NA | 3.23 ± 0.74 | 2.47 ± 0.63 |
| Zhou et al. | 2011a | 458 | 1 | 1 | 2.93 ± 0.62 | 3.56 ± 0.81 | 2.30 ± 0.66 |
| Chen | 2011 | 513 | NA | 3 | 3.02 ± NA | 3.49 ± 0.69 | 2.55 ± 0.71 |
| Zhou et al. | 2011b | 412 | 1 | 2 | 2.95 ± 0.62 | 3.46 ± 0.82 | 2.33 ± 0.66 |
| Zhao | 2011 | 578 | NA | 3 | 2.96 ± 0.58 | 3.63 ± 0.77 | 2.30 ± 0.68 |
| Bi | 2011 | 198 | NA | 3 | 3.15 ± NA | 3.67 ± 0.55 | 2.63 ± 0.53 |
| Zuo et al. | 2011 | 260 | NA | 2 | 3.09 ± NA | 3.53 ± NA | 2.65 ± NA |
| Li et al. | 2011 | 197 | 4 | 2 | NA | 2.64 ± NA | NA |
| Sun et al. | 2011 | 207 | NA | 1 | 3.60 ± NA | NA | NA |
| Yan et al. | 2011 | 426 | 3 | 1 | 2.98 ± 0.48 | 2.72 ± 0.26 | 3.24 ± 0.28 |
| Zhang | 2011 | 313 | 5 | 3 | 2.66 ± NA | 2.76 ± 0.08 | 2.56 ± 0.37 |
| Yan | 2012 | 577 | NA | 3 | 3.16 ± 0.53 | 3.44 ± NA | 2.89 ± NA |
| Shen et al. | 2012 | 210 | 1 | 2 | 2.82 ± NA | 2.98 ± 0.56 | 2.66 ± 0.50 |
| Liu and Wu | 2012 | 426 | 3 | 2 | 2.96 ± NA | 3.34 ± 0.66 | 2.57 ± 0.54 |
| Liu Y. | 2012 | 376 | 4 | 3 | 2.93 ± 0.70 | 2.97 ± 0.78 | 2.95 ± 0.79 |
| Sun | 2012 | 727 | NA | 3 | 2.42 ± 0.81 | NA | NA |
| Li | 2012 | 116 | NA | 2 | 2.64 ± 0.84 | NA | NA |
| He and Sun | 2012 | 210 | 4 | 2 | 2.79 ± 0.50 | 3.13 ± 0.65 | 2.45 ± 0.64 |
| Feng et al. | 2012 | 273 | 4 | 1 | 2.97 ± NA | 3.27 ± 1.01 | 2.66 ± 0.27 |
| Li C. K. et al. | 2012 | 197 | 4 | 3 | NA | NA | NA |
| He | 2012 | 209 | 2 | 3 | 2.72 ± 0.62 | 2.95 ± 0.70 | 2.49 ± 0.76 |
| Li K. J. et al. | 2012 | 574 | 3 | 1 | 2.89 ± 0.53 | 3.24 ± 0.67 | 2.54 ± 0.58 |
| Liu X. | 2012 | 170 | 5 | 1 | 2.63 ± 0.91 | 3.14 ± 0.99 | 2.80 ± 0.69 |
| Pan and Chen | 2012 | 250 | 3 | 2 | 3.11 ± NA | NA | NA |
| Zhang Z. F. | 2013 | 256 | NA | 3 | 3.04 ± 0.49 | 3.18 ± NA | 2.79 ± NA |
| Wang | 2013 | 216 | 5 | 3 | 3.23 ± NA | NA | NA |
| Hu et al. | 2013 | 514 | 4 | 1 | 3.01 ± 1.69 | 2.99 ± NA | 3.03 ± NA |
| Wang et al. | 2013 | 577 | NA | 2 | 3.04 ± 0.56 | NA | NA |
| Zhang Y. X. | 2013 | 300 | 1 | 3 | 3.20 ± NA | 4.42 ± 0.33 | 1.98 ± 0.72 |
| Zhao | 2013 | 578 | 2 | 1 | 3.07 ± NA | 3.83 ± 0.76 | 2.30 ± 0.68 |
| Jiang | 2013 | 138 | NA | 3 | 3.11 ± 0.65 | 3.10 ± NA | NA |
| Hong et al. | 2013 | 230 | NA | 2 | 2.79 ± 0.50 | 2.91 ± NA | 2.66 ± NA |
| Chen | 2013 | 250 | NA | 3 | 3.11 ± 0.56 | NA | NA |
| Liang | 2014 | 244 | NA | 3 | 3.34 ± 1.09 | NA | NA |
| Chen et al. | 2014 | 234 | 5 | 2 | 3.23 ± NA | 3.25 ± 0.86 | 3.21 ± 0.85 |
| Huang | 2014 | 119 | 1 | 3 | 3.31 ± 0.58 | 3.71 ± 0.69 | 2.91 ± 0.39 |
| Rong et al. | 2014 | 372 | 1 | 1 | 3.07 ± 0.68 | 3.35 ± 0.76 | 2.80 ± 0.72 |
| Yang | 2014 | 296 | 5 | 3 | NA | 2.63 ± 0.74 | NA |
| Zhang and Qian | 2014 | 139 | 1 | 3 | 3.09 ± NA | 3.41 ± 0.72 | 2.77 ± 0.60 |
| Zhu | 2014 | 183 | NA | 3 | 2.53 ± NA | 2.74 ± 0.88 | 2.32 ± 0.69 |
| Xu | 2015 | 432 | 3 | 3 | 3.57 ± 0.69 | 3.64 ± 0.71 | 3.50 ± 0.72 |
| 2015 | 276 | 3 | 3 | NA | NA | NA | |
| Wang | 2015 | 476 | NA | 3 | 2.74 ± 0.67 | 3.00 ± 0.78 | 2.48 ± 0.77 |
| Jia | 2015 | 395 | 5 | 3 | 2.57 ± NA | 2.58 ± 0.61 | NA |
| Qi | 2015 | 467 | NA | 2 | 3.19 ± NA | 3.16 ± 0.79 | 3.21 ± 0.77 |
| Cao et al. | 2015 | 482 | NA | 2 | 3.05 ± 0.51 | 3.69 ± NA | 2.40 ± NA |
| Xie et al. | 2015 | 261 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | NA |
| Zhao | 2015 | 205 | 1 | 3 | NA | NA | 2.66 ± 1.04 |
| Yuan | 2016 | 237 | NA | 3 | 2.66 ± NA | NA | NA |
| Ren | 2016 | 296 | NA | 3 | NA | 3.80 ± 1.21 | NA |
| Song and Guo | 2016 | 207 | 4 | 3 | 2.93 ± 0.29 | 2.94 ± NA | 2.93 ± NA |
| Yang | 2016 | 286 | 3 | 3 | 2.70 ± NA | 2.72 ± NA | 2.67 ± NA |
| Bian et al. | 2017 | 133 | 2 | 2 | 2.91 ± 0.59 | 2.99 ± 0.79 | 2.84 ± 0.76 |
| Ding et al. | 2017 | 159 | 3 | 2 | 2.74 ± 0.60 | 3.25 ± 0.78 | 2.22 ± 0.57 |
| Hao et al. | 2017 | 200 | 2 | 2 | 3.15 ± 0.48 | 3.55 ± 0.61 | 2.75 ± 0.27 |
| Ren et al. | 2017 | 306 | 3 | 1 | 3.17 ± 0.54 | 3.62 ± 0.62 | 2.72 ± 0.70 |
| Zhang and Sun | 2017 | 344 | 5 | 2 | 4.08 ± 0.68 | 4.16 ± 0.65 | 3.99 ± 0.53 |
| Cheng | 2017 | 277 | 5 | 3 | 3.56 ± 0.78 | NA | NA |
| Yang | 2017 | 209 | 5 | 3 | 3.21 ± 0.69 | 3.33 ± 0.73 | 2.97 ± 0.65 |
| Tang | 2017 | 215 | 4 | 2 | 2.99 ± 0.67 | 3.39 ± 0.84 | 2.60 ± 0.73 |
N, sample size; WFC, work-family conflict total score; WIF, work interfering family score; FIW, family interfering work score; region, Region: 1 = east; 2 = northeast; 3 = middle; 4 = west; 5 = mixed; publication class, 1= core journal; 2 = publication from other academic sources; 3 = dissertations and master's theses; NA, missing values.