Introduction: Employees in the industrial sector require various traits to enhance their performance. one of these characteristics is the health of the family. The healthier an individual's family is, the greater their motivation to excel in their job. Company productivity heavily relies on its workers, who are considered as vital human resources. Thus, increased productivity enables the company to remain competitive and sustain its operations. As a result, industrial firms not only prioritize the skills and technical competencies of their employees but also place significant emphasis on improving the health of their families. In spite of the considerable workforce contributing to industrial productivity in Iran, there has been limited social research focusing on the health of workers' families. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to examine the relationship between social adjustment and social support with the health of families of industrial workers.
Method: This research was conducted within the framework of quantitative methodology using a survey approach. The population comprised the workers in industrial companies in Ardakan city, exceeding 3000 individuals. A total of 400 workers were selected from the glass, tile and ceramic, machinery, and iron smelting and production industries through a cluster random sampling method. The research instruments used to measure the variables of family health, social adjustment, and social support were the questionnaires by Hovestadt et al. (1985), Bell & Walsh (2015), and Vaux et al. (1986), respectively. All questionnaires have been validated in Iran in previous research, and their reliabilities were confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficients, with values for family health, social support, and social adjustment reported at 0.89, 0.66, and 0.89, respectively. Pearson correlation and regression analyses were employed to analyze the relationships among the variables utilizing SPSS software.
Findings: The results of the study demonstrated that social support has a positive and significant impact on family health (r=0.307, P<0.01). Additionally, there is a positive and significant relationship between social adjustment and family health (r=0.222, P<0.01). The findings from the multivariate regression analysis revealed that social adjustment and social support could explain approximately 15% of the variance in family health.
Conclusion: According to the findings, the research concludes that social support and social adjustment can improve the health of workers' families. This implies that industrial companies, by enhancing family health through social support and fostering environments for social adjustment, could contribute to the productivity of their workforce. Such efforts could ultimately lead to enhanced efficiency within industrial companies.