Date
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
One hundred and twenty medical students participated in this investigation of the relationship of select demographic, psychological, and social support variables with work-to-family and family-to-work conflict. A series of multiple regression analyses were conducted. Based upon existing literature, select groups of demographic, psychological, and social support variables were identified and entered as blocks in a series of multiple regression analyses, first predicting work-to-family and then family-to-work conflict. The first series of multiple regression analyses examined both the unique and collective contributions of demographic, psychological, and social support blocks in predicting work-to-family conflict. Only the psychological and social support blocks alone significantly predicted work-to-family conflict. In the final analysis, in which all three blocks were entered into the equation, 39% of the variance in work-to-family conflict was accounted for. In the second series of multiple regression analyses, family-to-work conflict served as the criterion. Each of the three blocks alone significantly predicted family-to-work conflict, and a linear combination of the three blocks accounted for 51% of the variance in family-to-work conflict. The implications of these findings for medical colleges are discussed.