La conciliation des rôles professionnels et parentaux, un facteur de stress professionnel : construction et première validation d'une échelle de mesure

The aim of this study was to validate a multi-dimensional tool for measuring work-related stress by introducing a factor “difficulty in combining professional and parental roles”. Data was collected from a sample of 234 working people (with an average age of 38 ±5,7) who had at least one school-age child (from 2 to 16 years old). The tool highlighted the existence of five factors: pressure of work load (a); exposure to danger (b); difficulty in combining parental and professional roles (c); job satisfaction (d); quality of internal professional relationships (e). Relatively independent, these work-related stress factors show individual differences according to gender and socio-professional status. The dimension “combining parental and professional roles” justifies its inclusion in the study of work-related stressors and its effects on people at work and on their families.