Assciation of quality of life with work-family conflict and coping style among civil servans

ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between the quality of life and work-family conflict and coping style. MethodsTotally 514 civil servants completed the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument,Short Form(WHOQOL-BREF),work-family conflict scale,and coping style scale. ResultsAmong the civil servants,the average score was 3.17±0.91 for total quality of life,3.13±2.40 for physical dimension,3.08±2.17 for psycholoical dimension,2.97±2.69 for enviroment,and 3.14±1.26 for social relationship;the factor score was 3.01±1.69 for overall work-family conflict(WFC),3.06±0.18 for time-based work-interference-work(TWIF),3.02±1.67 for stress-based work-interference-family(SWIF),2.88±1.54 for bahavior-based work-interference-family(BWIF),2.99±1.74 for time-based family-interference-work(TFIW),3.05±1.86 for stress-based family-interference-family,and 3.05±1.54 for behavior-based family-interference-work(BFIW),respectirely.The score for general coping style,positive coping,and negative coping was 2.61±0.29,2.67±0.26,and 2.54±0.30.The total score of quality of life was inversely correlated to all dimensions of work-family conflict(P<0.05 for all),except for TWIF.The overall score of coping style was positively correlated to all dimensions of quality of life scone(P<0.05).Positive coping,negative coping and SWIF were predictors of quality of life. ConclusionThe quality of life of civil servants is at moderate level.Work-family conflict and coping style can influence the quality of life and coping style and SWIF are predicting factors of quality of life among civil servants.