ABSTRACT
Objective:To investigate the relationship between employees'work-family balance (WFB) and depression.Methods:Totally 259 employees from 4 departments in a petrochemical enterprise were assessed with the Work-Family Balance Scale (WFBS) and Patient Health Questionnaires-9 (PHQ-9) and were conducted a 4-months follow-up study via cross-lagged regression.Results:There were significantly negative correlation between the scores of WFBS and PHQ-9 (r =-0.12--0.22,Ps ＜ 0.05).Cross-lagged regression revealed that WFBS score at time 1 was not a predictor of PHQ-9 at time 2 (β =0.04,P ＞ 0.05),and PHQ-9 score at time 1 was a negative predictor of WFBS score at time 2 (β =-0.13,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion:There may be a close relationship between work-family balance and depression,and depression could predict work-family balance among employees in organization.