The casual relationship of work-family enrichment with psychological well-being: The mediating role of work-life balance

Since identifying the influential variables of psychological well-being is of significance, the purpose of this study was to investigate the causal relationship of work-family enrichment with psychological well-being, considering the mediating role of work-life balance. The participants of this study were 363 (222 males; 141 females) employees of NIDC who completed the Work-Family Enrichment Questionnaire (WFE), the Work-Life Balance Questionnaire (WLB), the Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (JSQ), the Family Satisfaction Questionnaire (FSQ) and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Findings showed that the proposed model fit the data properly. Better fit and more meaningful results were obtained by using modification indices. The results also indicated positive relationships between work-family enrichment and family-work enrichment with psychological well-being and between work-life balance and psychological well-being. The indirect relationships between work-family enrichment and family-work enrichment with psychological well-being through work-life balance were supported.  Accordingly, it can be concluded that the relationships between work-family enrichment and family-work enrichment with psychological well-being is not a direct relationship, and the work-life balance can play a mediating role. Highlighting the ways of increasing positive spillover from work to family by managers is one of the important practical implications of the present study.