17085R3m-1 Reducing Work-Family Conflict through Social Support and Self-Compassion in Indonesian Navy Women’s Corps

Abstract

Serving as a member of the Indonesian Navy Women’s Corps (KOWAL) comes with unique challenges, particularly regarding work and family conflict. An issue remains underexplored in Indonesia. This study aims to examine the influence of social support and self-compassion on work-family conflict among KOWAL personnel. Using a quantitative survey design, data were collected from 150 respondents with the Work Family Conflict Scale (Haslam et al., 2014), the Social Support Scale (Zimet et al., 2018; adapted by Sulistiani et al., 2022), and the Self-Compassion Scale (Neff, 2003). Regression analysis showed that both social support (B = -0.263; p = 0.001) and self-compassion (B = -0.143; p = 0.000) had a significant negative effect on work-family conflict, with the model explaining 23.2% of the variance (R² = 0.232). Correlation analysis also supported these findings: conflict-to-work was negatively correlated with family support (r = -0.348), significant other support (r = -0.230), and positive self-compassion aspects such as self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness, while negative aspects like self-judgment, isolation, and over-identification were positively correlated with conflict-to-work. In contrast, conflict-tofamily showed no significant correlations with most variables except isolation, which was negatively correlated (r = -0.365). These results highlight the importance of strengthening social support and nurturing positive self-compassion to help reduce work-family conflict among navy women.