The Relationship Between Shift Work Schedules and Spillover in a Sample of Nurses |
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| Authors: | Jonas Rønningsdalen Kunst Gøril Kvamme Løset Daniel Hosøy Bjørn Bjorvatn Bente E Moen Nils Magerøy |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norwayj.r.kunst@psykologi.uio.no;3. Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;4. Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway;5. Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway;6. Norwegian Competence Center for Sleep Disorders, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway;7. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway |
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| Abstract: | The aim of the present study was to estimate spillover effects between the work and the family sphere in a sample of nurses (N = 2058). Hierarchical regression analyses investigated whether shift work schedules were associated with negative or positive spillover, both from family to work and vice versa, controlling for demographic factors, job demands and decision latitude. With daytime work as a reference group, all types of shift work (day and evening shift, night shift only and rotating 3 shift) were associated with higher negative work-to-family spillover. Night work was associated with significantly less negative family-to-work spillover. None of the different shift work schedules were related to any type of positive spillover. The results indicate that working outside of daytime hours is less compatible with workers’ family lives, compared to working ordinary day shifts. On the other hand, working night shifts only was associated with reduced negative family-to-work spillover. |
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| Keywords: | work–family spillover nurse strain stress rotating shift shift work |
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