International Journal of Nursing

The Correlatıon of Work-Famıly Conflıct wıth Fulfıllment of Famıly Functıons in Workıng Mothers
Nina Dwi Lestari, Putriana Awaliyah

Abstract
Background: Working mothers have two roles that must be fulfilled, their role in the workplace and in the family which make them vulnerable to work-family conflicts. Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Work-Family Conflict (WFC) and the fulfillment of family functions in working mothers. Methods: This research uses correlational quantitative method with cross-sectional research design. The respondents in this study are 69 working mothers who work as lecturers at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, which determined by the snowball sampling method. Furthermore, this study used the Spearman's rank correlation. Findings: This study shows that there is a significant negative relationship between Work-Family Conflict (WFC) and the fulfillment of family functions in working mothers (r = -.321, p< .05). Results: Based in the results, it can be concluded that the higher the Work-Family Conflict (WFC) experienced by working mothers, the lower the fulfillment of their family functions.

Full Text: PDF     DOI: 10.15640/ijn.v8n2a6