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Using identity theory and the gender role framework, this study examined the interactive effects of family identity salience, family-interference-with-work (FIW), and gender on two outcome variables: job satisfaction and job distress. Results from a sample of 163 employees support the proposed buffering hypothesis for job distress and job satisfaction, such that individuals who experienced a high level of FIW reported more job distress and less job satisfaction only when they were low in family identity salience. Additionally, we found support for a three-way interaction, such that the two-way interactive effects of family identity salience and FIW on job satisfaction were stronger for women than for men. Theoretical and practical implications of the results, as well as directions for future research, are discussed.

We applied the resource–gain–development perspective to test a theoretical model in which family-supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB) were expected to predict work engagement through the mediator of bidirectional work–family enrichment (work–family enrichment
and family–work enrichment) over time. Using a 2-wave survey conducted over a 5-month interval, we collected data from 268 full-time employees of Chinese industries. When controlling for perceived general supervisor support and perceived organizational support at Time 1, the hierarchical
regression analysis results revealed that FSSB at Time 1 increased bidirectional work–family enrichment and work engagement at Time 2. In addition, bidirectional work–family enrichment was found to fully mediate the relationship between FSSB and work engagement. Theoretical contributions
and managerial implications are discussed.

This article explores the newspaper discourse surrounding a paradigm shift in social policy. The case at hand, Germany, is a prime example of a welfare state that was particularly resistant to reform. Hence, the rapid paradigm shift in German family policy since the late 1990s is puzzling. This study seeks to resolve this puzzle by drawing on the insight that public discourse is crucial for policy change. Politicians have to promote reforms prior to their implementation. The main channel for communication with the wider public is the mass media. I use newspaper coverage from 1990 to 2016 to analyze whether the media is responsive to reform initiatives. I use topic modeling, an innovative method from the computational social sciences (CSS), to identify dominant themes and shifts over time in a large corpus of newspaper articles (N = 1,459). The analysis shows that public discourse was responsive to the parliamentary debate. The article also clarifies the role of critical events and identifies discursive strategies. ; Peer Reviewed

AbstractFamily Peacemakers is a proposed design for an extended mediation program for youth offenders during probation. Derived from ecological developmental theory, family and school behavioral research, transformative mediation, and a cognitive perspective change model, the program objectives include both the offenders' success in meeting the conditions of their probation and lifestyle changes. A variety of mediation programs is employed, including family mediation, individual mediator training for mothers and offenders, and video feedback training. The acquisition of conflict resolution skills is measured by participants' performance in mediation programs. It is predicted that to the extent that youth offenders and family members adequately perform specific probation requirements in home and school and to the extent that they acquire competency in conflict resolution skills and share conflict resolution procedures, they will achieve success in probation, make advances in their core relationships, experience lifestyle change, and prevent recidivism.