Work–family conflict and depressive complaints among Dutch employees: examining reciprocal associations in a longitudinal study

(4)=16.34, P=0.002). For work-home interference and depressive complaints, the starting model with no cross-lagged associations over time had the best fit to the empirical data. Conclusions The findings suggest a reciprocal association between home-work interference and depressive complaints since the concepts appear to affect each other mutually across time. This highlights the importance of targeting modifiable risk factors in the etiology of both home-work interference and depressive complaints when designing preventive measures since the two concepts may potentiate each other over time.