1. Anticipated Work-Family Conflict: Effects of Attributions Toward Life Roles and Self-Efficacy Rachel Gali Cinamon Tel Aviv University The paper and the presentation can be downloaded at: http://www.tau.ac.il/~cinamon

2. Rationale: Career plans of Western adolescents manifest active participation in both work and family roles (Peake & Harris, 2002). Active participation in both demanding spheres may accrue high costs: the work-family conflict, or WFC (Frone, 2003). Anticipated WFC may play a crucial role in the career plans of young adults during emerging adulthood (Barnett et al., 2003).

3. Rationale (continued): Role salience plays a major role in the career plans of adolescents and young adults (Niles & Goodnough, 1996). Simultaneous examination of work and family roles ’ salience leads to a more precise understanding of career plans (Cinamon & Rich, 2002). Self-efficacy beliefs can explain individuals ’ willingness to blend work and family roles.

4. Goals of the study: To simultaneously identify distinct subgroups (profiles) of young adult participants according to their role salience in work and family domains. To examine differences in gender distribution and in anticipated WFC between the profiles. To investigate how the attributions of relative importance to both life roles may contribute to understanding the relation between self-efficacy to manage future conflict and levels of anticipated WFC.

5. Participants 387 unmarried students without children from two universities in central Israel (164 males, 222 females, and 1 unknown participant who failed to complete the gender question). Age: 19 to 28 years ( M = 26.4; SD = 2.30). 81.4% Jewish, 9% Moslem, and 8.8% Christian. Participants attended either the Faculty of Humanities (60%) or the Faculty of Sciences (40%).

6. Measures Anticipated WFC: Cinamon and Rich's (2002) adaptation of Gutek, Searles, and Klepa’s (1991) work-family conflict questionnaire. Fourteen items assessing anticipated W  F conflict (α=.78) and anticipated F  W conflict (α=.80).

7. Measures (continued) Attributions of importance to life roles (Amatea, Cross, Clark, & Bobby, 1986). Thirty items using 5-point Likert-type scale assessing value of and commitment to work, spouse, and parental roles. Cronbach alphas:.68-.82 Self-efficacy for WFC management ( Cinamon, 2005). Eight items assessing self- efficacy in one ’ s ability to manage W  F conflict and F  W conflict (α=.86).

8. Profiles of Attribution of Importance

9. Gender Distribution Between the Profiles Dual high Work Family Dual low Dual high Work Family Dual low

10. Anticipated WFC among the Profiles

11. Levels of Self-Efficacy to Handle Future Conflict among the Profiles

12. Discussion Emerging adulthood and career plans Attribution of importance to work and family roles, and self-efficacy to blend them effectively Implications for career counselors