Relationship Between Low Psychological Detachment And Neglectful Parenting

people's work and life become more and more integrated.The use of communication tools in non-working hours has greatly enhanced the connectivity of work and life.People are forming the psychological characteristics of "ready to work".This state of being always ready and never stop thinking about work not only makes it hard for employees to extricate from work needs and get adequate rest,thus harming their physical and mental health,but also may prevent the employees fulfilling family duties and obligations.Previous studies discuss more about the influence and mechanism of low psychological detachment from work on employees' personal development,and focus less on its impact on the employees' important family members,especially the potential harm to their children.Therefore,combining qualitative research method and quantitative research method,this study analyzes the influence and mechanism of low psychological detachment from work on neglectful parenting.The main contents and conclusions of this study are as follows:(1)Based on semi-structured interview on 13 parents(8 males and 5 females)of junior high school students,the frequency,situation and potential impact of low psychological detachment from work are analyzed.The result shows that low psychological detachment from work is common,because all participants have experienced low psychological detachment from work.When work task is important(difficult)or when the work is busy,low psychological detachment from work easily appears.The harm of low psychological detachment from work to the employees and their families is mainly embodied in:inducing fatigue,reduction of childcare,increased probability of tantrums,and arousing anger(complaints)of the spouse,etc.(2)Based on questionnaire survey of 371 junior high school freshmen or second-year students as well as their parents,the relationship between low psychological detachment from work and neglectful parenting(low caring behavior and high rejecting behavior)is analyzed;and the role of fatigue and gender in the relationship between low psychological detachment from work and neglectful parenting is examined.The results show that:a.Low psychological detachment from work can positively predict low caring behavior and high rejecting behavior.b.Low psychological detachment from work can increase low caring behavior and high rejecting behavior by inducing fatigue.C.This mediating effect will be moderated by gender.Specifically,the positive relationship between the low psychological detachment and fatigue is stronger for fathers than for mothers;however,the positive relationship between fatigue and neglectful parenting is weaker for fathers than for mothers.This study not only expands a new research direction on the effects of psychological detachment from the perspective of parenting,but also analyzes the boundary conditions of psychological detachment from the perspective of social role theory,in which double-edged sword effect of gender is found.The results of this study can provide enlightenments for organizations and individuals to manage low psychological detachment of work.