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<p>In today’s highly interconnected work environments, the boundary between professional and personal domains has become increasingly blurred, intensifying work-to-family interference (<i>WtFI</i>). This theory-driven study utilized secondary analyses from a larger quasi-experimental intervention study to examine whether a brief self-regulation intervention could effectively reduce <i>WtFI</i> by enhancing employees’ self-control capacities, compared with a waitlist control group. A sample of 662 white-collar employees from Germany completed baseline and follow-up assessments. It was quasi-randomly assigned to intervention and control conditions based on the order of survey completion. The intervention consisted of a two-week, self-guided training program emphasizing action control, action planning, and self-monitoring to strengthen self-regulatory abilities, with a particular focus on self-control capacity. Data were analyzed using Bayesian mixed-effects models to account for repeated measures, with missing data handled using multiple imputations by chained equations. Contrary to expectations, the intervention group showed a slight reduction in perceived self-control over time. Although statistically significant, the intervention’s effects on <i>WtFI</i> were practically negligible, revealing a nuanced curvilinear relationship between self-control and <i>WtFI</i>, particularly pronounced in participants with higher self-control at follow-up. These findings highlight the initially demanding yet potentially beneficial role of self-regulation interventions in managing work-family dynamics.</p>

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Examining the interrelation of a self-regulation intervention with self-control and work-to-family interference

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    2026年7月3日

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  • Gamze Ipek,
  • Vinayak Anand-Kumar,
  • Sonia Lippke

摘要

In today’s highly interconnected work environments, the boundary between professional and personal domains has become increasingly blurred, intensifying work-to-family interference (WtFI). This theory-driven study utilized secondary analyses from a larger quasi-experimental intervention study to examine whether a brief self-regulation intervention could effectively reduce WtFI by enhancing employees’ self-control capacities, compared with a waitlist control group. A sample of 662 white-collar employees from Germany completed baseline and follow-up assessments. It was quasi-randomly assigned to intervention and control conditions based on the order of survey completion. The intervention consisted of a two-week, self-guided training program emphasizing action control, action planning, and self-monitoring to strengthen self-regulatory abilities, with a particular focus on self-control capacity. Data were analyzed using Bayesian mixed-effects models to account for repeated measures, with missing data handled using multiple imputations by chained equations. Contrary to expectations, the intervention group showed a slight reduction in perceived self-control over time. Although statistically significant, the intervention’s effects on WtFI were practically negligible, revealing a nuanced curvilinear relationship between self-control and WtFI, particularly pronounced in participants with higher self-control at follow-up. These findings highlight the initially demanding yet potentially beneficial role of self-regulation interventions in managing work-family dynamics.