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Wellbeing and family engagement of older adults in families exposed to contemporary work conditions

Little is known on how new ways of working, which imply flexible work designs, and employees' control of the time and place of their work, affect employees and their families. Recent research has started focusing on determining factors explaining the relationship between the new ways of working and employee wellbeing, and that of their family members. The aim of the present research was to explore the associations of contemporary work conditions with wellbeing and family engagement of oldest family members. Participants were 100 older adults in Croatia, members of three- generations families consisting of: children, working parents and oldest members – grandparents. Observed variables were: sociodemographic (age, sex, education, marital status, work status), health status, family engagement, self-perceived health, functional ability, sleep quality, stress, and life satisfaction, all measured by self-report scales. Data were collected individually, in the form of structured interview, at participants' homes, by trained interviewers. Analyses confirmed the association between participants' family engagement and their life satisfaction (correlations from r = .23 to r = .55). The frequency of different aspects of family engagement and its effects on observed factors of participants' wellbeing were discussed. Recognizing the factors that affect life satisfaction in older adults with regards to their family engagement suggests how to intervene in order to improve wellbeing in older family members.

Older adults, family engagement, life satisfaction, family wellbeing

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