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Level of role conflict between partners in dual-career couples and a sense of purpose in life. Mediating role of stress and satisfaction with one’s achievements

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Peplińska A., Czap-Kubicka N., Połomski P., Lewandowska-Walter A.

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As different areas of life and an individual’s life roles undergo transformation and intermingle increasingly, the ways that people get married and start up families change as well. A dual-career marriage is a modern family model, within which both spouses realize, on the one hand, broadly defined professional careers under conditions of competitive job market and competitive forms of employment, often occupying managerial positions; and life careers on the other hand, those related to family, marital roles, housekeeping and earning the livelihood. As compared with traditional models and egalitarian partnerships, a dual-career marriage involves more sacrifices and threats, but can also provide many benefits. In the study it was attempted to make inquiries in that matter, rooted in our wish to examine this specific link between dual-career couples and a subjective sense of partners’ quality of life, particularly in the aspect of its meaning – as compared with that of spouses in traditional marriages and egalitarian partnerships. Then a more detailed purpose of this study was to verify whether satisfaction with one’s own achievements in partners of a dual-career marriage, both in their professional and extraprofessional life, together with the level of experienced stress are possible significant factors influencing the relation between role conflict and a reported level of sense of purpose in life. The study was conducted during 2013-2014 and involved examining a total of 150 couples in dual-career marriages (300 participants), i.e. relationships within which both partners realized their professional career in the competitive job market, oftentimes they occupied managerial posts and reconciled professional life with the role of a parent. All investigated participants in dualcareer relationships had higher education, their age varied from 28 to 40 years and each marriage had at least 1 child. The control group was composed of 160 egalitarian partnerships and 135 traditional marriages. In order to verify the research questions and hypotheses stated above, four diagnostic tools were used: Purpose in Life test, “Work-Life Balance” Questionnaire, Stress Level Questionnaire and Sense of Happiness Questionnaire. The analysis of empirical material presented that partners in dual-career relationships reported the highest level of experienced stress, fatigue, tension and role conflict, but also the highest levels of satisfaction with one’s achievements or the family’s financial situation – factors which can neutralize the negative impact of experienced stress and conflicts on the general sense of life meaning. Also presented that experiencing role conflicts is negatively correlated with a general sense of purpose in life and with satisfaction with one’s accomplishments, at the same time being positively correlated with experienced stress. It can be noticed, however, that in the calculated model a (high) level of satisfaction with one’s achievements acts as a specific buffer against the influence of experienced role conflict and stress.

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Impact of sanitary restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of life of the Sri Lankan population.

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Kanchana K. T. G., Youhasan P.

Critical Care Innovations

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2022

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vol. 5

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issue 2

29-39

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INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a relatively new disease in Sri Lanka and across the world. It has had a significant impact on all aspects of human life, contributing to a decline in public health. Due to an increasing number of reported and suspected cases, the quality of life in many communities has deteriorated. This study aimed to determine the public perception regarding COVID-19 prevention and work-life balance during the COVID 19 pandemic period in Sri Lanka. MATERIAL AND METHODS: It is a descriptive cross-sectional study. A cross-sectional online survey of 648 Sri Lankan citizens was conducted from the 30th of April 2020 to the 17th of January 2021. Participants were identified through the snowball sampling method. A pre-tested questionnaire was used for data collection which consisted of details of demographic characteristics, COVID-19 prevention measures, and work-life balance during the curfew period. Descriptive statistics were employed in the data analysis. RESULTS: Regarding COVID-19 prevention, 94% of the participants perceived that COVID-19 is highly contagious, and 93% believed that there is no proper established treatment plan for COVID 19. The majority of the participants rated self-quarantine (98.9%) and washing hands frequently (81.9%) as an effective measure for preventing COVID- 19. 96.8% of participants accepted to cooperate with self-quarantine if they were found to have fever and cough. The social stigma was reported as a major constrain for expressing travel history. In the aspect of work-life balance, the majority of the participants were economically unstable (53.2%) and spending time happily with their families (94.8%) during the COVID-19 curfew (lockdown) period. 95.4% of the participants have not broken any laws (laws related to curfew/ quarantine) during the COVID-19 epidemic in Sri Lanka. The monotone of activities was identified as a major cause for increasing stress during the COVID-19 lockdown period. CONCLUSIONS: The findings indicated that Sri Lankans who participated in the survey have an acceptable level of awareness in COVID-19 prevention measures, and that monotony of sedentary life was the leading cause of stress throughout the lockdown period.

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WSTĘP: Choroba koronawirusowa 2019 (COVID-19) jest stosunkowo nową chorobą na Sri Lance i na całym świecie. Wywarła znaczący wpływ na wszystkie aspekty życia ludzkiego, przyczyniając się do pogorszenia stanu zdrowia publicznego. Ze względu na rosnącą liczbę zgłaszanych i podejrzewanych przypadków, jakość życia w wielu społecznościach uległa pogorszeniu. Badanie to miało na celu określenie opinii publicznej na temat zapobiegania COVID-19 i równowagi między życiem zawodowym a prywatnym w okresie pandemii COVID 19 na Sri Lance. MATERIAŁ I METODY: Przekrojowe badanie internetowe na 648 obywatelach Sri Lanki zostało przeprowadzone od 30 kwietnia 2020 r. do 17 stycznia 2021 r. Uczestnicy zostali zidentyfikowani za pomocą metody doboru próby kuli śnieżnej. Do zbierania danych wykorzystano wstępnie przetestowany kwestionariusz, który zawierał szczegółowe dane dotyczące cech demograficznych, środków zapobiegania COVID-19 oraz równowagi między życiem zawodowym a prywatnym w okresie godziny policyjnej. Do analizy danych wykorzystano statystyki opisowe. WYNIKI: Jeśli chodzi o zapobieganie COVID-19, 94% uczestników uznało, że COVID-19 jest wysoce zaraźliwy, a 93% uważało, że nie ma odpowiedniego ustalonego planu leczenia COVID 19. Większość uczestników oceniła samodzielną kwarantannę (98,9% ) i częste mycie rąk (81,9%) jako skuteczny środek zapobiegania COVID-19. 96,8% uczestników zgodziło się na współpracę z samodzielną kwarantanną, jeśli wykryto u nich gorączkę i kaszel. Piętno społeczne zostało zgłoszone jako główne ograniczenie w wyrażaniu historii podróży. W aspekcie równowagi między życiem zawodowym a prywatnym większość uczestników była niestabilna ekonomicznie (53,2%) i spędzała szczęśliwie czas ze swoimi rodzinami (94,8%) w okresie godziny policyjnej COVID-19. 95,4% uczestników nie złamało żadnych przepisów (przepisów dotyczących godziny policyjnej/kwarantanny) podczas epidemii COVID-19 na Sri Lance. Monotonność działań została zidentyfikowana jako główna przyczyna rosnącego stresu w okresie blokady COVID-19. WNIOSKI: Wyniki wskazują, że mieszkańcy Sri Lanki, którzy wzięli udział w ankiecie mają akceptowalny poziom świadomości w zakresie środków zapobiegawczych COVID-19, a monotonia siedzącego trybu życia była główną przyczyną stresu przez cały okres blokady.

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Osobowościowe predyktory równoważenia ról zawodowych i rodzinnych wśród kobiet

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Peplińska A., Sadowska A.

Polskie Forum Psychologiczne

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2014

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vol. XIX

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issue 1

110-125

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Since the earliest age, each man plays various interrelated and coexisting roles in their family, social and professional life. Individual roles are realised simultaneously or sequentially and remain in relationship. Each role may complement, expand or disturb the course of a career in life. Undoubtedly, family/personal life and work are the key areas of human life. One cannot treat both these areas as independent of each other. There exists a continuous spillover between them – a natural, dynamic process developing over the entire course of human life. The effective integration of the spheres of work and family functioning is conditioned by many factors. On the basis of the literature, we can divide the determinants of the integration of these two roles into two categories: environmental, resulting, for instance, from the specific nature of the workplace or organization, the roles fulfilled, and the profession; individual, which can be associated with the properties of the individual, such as gender, age, education, children, or the status of the relationship, or they may result from the structure of the personality and the mental properties of the individual, such as motivation, values, level of commitment, mental health, physical health, etc. One of the crucial elements in the process of balancing work and family roles is the personality. The research on this issue indicates that among the dimensions of personality that have particular importance are neuroticism and extraversion, which significantly affect the direction and quality of the spillover between these two spheres of functioning. The aim of presented study was verify personality predictors of work-life balance among women. The survey involved 160 women with the various education, working professionally and possessing the least one child.

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Level of role conflict between partners in dual-career couples and a sense of purpose in life. Mediating role of stress and satisfaction with one’s achievements

Impact of sanitary restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of life of the Sri Lankan population.

Osobowościowe predyktory równoważenia ról zawodowych i rodzinnych wśród kobiet