The Mediating Effect of Work home Balance Conflict and the Moderated Mediating Effect of Parental Monitoring in the Impact of Parenting Stress on Job Satisfaction among Employed 438Mothers with Adolescent Children

This study aimed to identify the mediating effect of work-home balance conflict (workparenting balance, work-family balance) and the moderated mediating effect of parental monitoring on the impact of parenting stress on the job satisfaction of employed mothers with adolescent children.To achieve this purpose, the study used data from 827 employed mothers taken from the 14th Korean Children Panel.First, the parenting stress, work-parenting balance conflict, and work-family balance conflict of employed mothers with adolescent children was at a low level, job satisfaction was at a medium level, and the level of parental monitoring was at a high level.Second, the higher the parenting stress of employed mothers, the higher the conflict between work-parenting and work-family balance, and the lower the parental monitoring and job satisfaction.Third, the parenting stress of employed mothers affected job satisfaction through work-parenting balance conflict and work-family balance conflict.The higher the parenting stress, the higher the work-parenting and work-family balance conflicts, and this heightened work-home balance conflict was found to reduce job satisfaction.Fourth, the impact of working mothers' parenting stress on job satisfaction through work-home balance conflicts was found to vary depending on parental monitoring.In other words, compared to employed mothers with high parental monitoring, employed mothers with low parental monitoring had a greater negative impact of parenting stress on job satisfaction through work-home balance conflicts.