ABSTRACT
Psychology is a discipline that is inherently multidisciplinary. Broadly defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes, psychology includes numerous subfields that differ markedly in terms of the specific behaviors and levels of analysis that are of interest. Our review focuses on those areas of psychology that investigate the experience or effects of the work-family interface-specifically the subfields of developmental, social, clinical, and industrial-organizational psychology. Despite varied outcomes of interest, these branches of psychology share a focus on the individual. Even when broader social systems (e.g., families or workplaces) are considered, the central interest in psychological research is understanding the individual embedded in that system. Psychology examines the behavior and attitudes of individuals embedded in both the work and family contexts, as well as the effects of spillover, integration, and synergy among the work and family domains.
