The Effectiveness of Choice Theory Education on Reducing Work-Family Conflict of Women
Authors
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Abolfazl Hatami Varzaneh 1
1. Assistant Professor, Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2351-1634
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Farahnaz Rostami 2*
2. PhD student of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4384-1654
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Elham Fathi 1
1. Assistant Professor, Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9902-201X
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22100/ijhs.v6i4.808Keywords:
Work-family conflict, Choice theory education, Married working women.Abstract
Background: One of the most significant issues of areas of work and family interactions is work-family conflict. Dominant traditional and stereotypical attitudes toward women’s roles and doing institutionalized house chores provoke problems such as a decline in organizational performance and adverse physical, mental, and behavioral effects in women. The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of choice theory education on reducing work-family conflict of women working in the hospital.
Methods: The quasi-experimental research conducted in a pre-test and post-test control group design aimed to examine the effectiveness of the choice theory education on reducing work-family conflict of 12 participants in the experimental group and 12 participants in the control group who were selected by multistage cluster sampling.
Results: The result of Covariance analysis revealed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control group in post-test (Pvalue< 0.001, F=50.13).
Conclusions: It can be concluded that the education of choice theory's concepts can be used as one of the strategies of reducing the work-family conflict to confront its negative consequences in organizations and families.
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