The relationship between gender roles attitude and job-family-life conflict in women healthcare workers

In this study, it is aimed to examine the relationship between attitudes towards gender roles and work-family-life conflict in female health workers. This descriptive and relationship-seeking study included 542 female health workers working in any health institution in Turkey and agreeing to participate in the study. Due to the pandemic process, the research data were collected through an online questionnaire including the Introductory Information Form, Gender Roles Attitude Scale and Work-Family Life Conflict Scale created via Google Forms between November 2021 and March 2022. Number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Students t, ANOVA, Mann Whitney U, Kruskall Wallis H tests, Bonferroni and Dunnett's T3 posthoc tests, Pearson correlation analysis and multivariate linear regression analysis were used in data analysis. The significance level of statistical tests was accepted as p<0.05. It has been determined that attitudes towards gender roles have a statistically significant relationship with work-family conflict, weak negative, positive relationship with work-family conflict, very weak, and negative and moderate relationship with family work conflict. The egalitarian increase in attitudes towards gender roles is associated with a decrease in work-family conflict. In this context, it is important to implement family-friendly policies in the context of industrial social work for female health workers. Keywords: Gender role, Health worker, Social work, Work-family life conflict.