The Effectiveness of Choice Theory Education on Reducing Work-Family Conflict of Women

Background: One of the most significant issues of areas of work and family interactions is work-family conflict. Dominant traditional and stereotypical attitudes toward women’s roles and doing institutionalized house chores provoke problems such as a decline in organizational performance and adverse physical, mental, and behavioral effects in women. The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of choice theory education on reducing work-family conflict of women working in the hospital. Methods: The quasi-experimental research conducted in a pre-test and post-test control group design aimed to examine the effectiveness of the choice theory education on reducing work-family conflict of 12 participants in the experimental group and 12 participants in the control group who were selected by multistage cluster sampling. Results: The result of Covariance analysis revealed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control group in post-test (Pvalue<0.001, F=50.13). Conclusions: It can be concluded that the education of choice theory's concepts can be used as one of the strategies of reducing the workfamily conflict to confront its negative consequences in organizations and families.