פוסחים על שלושת הסעיפים: מתח, העשרה ואיזון בקרב הורים עובדים ולומדים /‏

The goal of this study was to test the relationship between role conflict,role enrichment and sense of balance on the one hand, and well being on the other hand, among working and studying parents in three systems: family-work,family-studies and work-studies. The research sample included 256 participants(161 women and 95 men). Relationships were found between role conflict and the experience of enrichment on the one hand, and well being on the other hand,in all three systems. Role conflict intensity was lowest in the family-work and the studies-work interfaces, and highest in the studies-family and work-studiesinterfaces. The lowest sense of balance was found in the family-studies system.Men experienced a higher general sense of balance than women, whereas the intensity of the general role conflict was higher among women. The findings highlight the family’s contribution to enriching working and studying parents in Israeli society.