en بهداشت حرفه ای Occupational Health پژوهشي Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background and Purpose</strong>: Policing is a highly demanding profession, and for women, these demands are intensified by cultural expectations and dual family responsibilities. This study examined work&ndash;family conflicts among female police officers.<br> <strong>Materials and Methods</strong>: This qualitative content analysis was conducted in 2024 with 15 female police officers in Gilan Province, Iran, selected through purposive and snowball sampling. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed until saturation was reached.&nbsp;<br> <strong>Results</strong>: The study involved 15 married female police officers aged 25&ndash;51 years, with 2&ndash;25 years of service across diverse departments, such as administration, counseling, cultural affairs, and operational units. Most participants (80%) had one or two children. Thematic analysis identified four major themes, 15 subthemes, and 45 initial codes: parenting and family role strain, work interference with family life, coping strategies, and gendered and cultural constraints.<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong>: This study revealed that female police officers face considerable work&ndash;family conflicts shaped by psychological strain, parenting responsibilities, organizational barriers, and social pressures. While the findings highlight the importance of organizational support, family-friendly policies, and gender-sensitive interventions, the small sample, which consisted entirely of married individuals, limits generalizability. Nevertheless, these insights provide valuable directions for enhancing both family stability and institutional efficiency in policing.</div> Work–family conflict, Women, Police, Qualitative research, Iran 275 284 http://jhs.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-859-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Elham Fathi fathielham@ymail.com 100319475328460014272 100319475328460014272 Yes Department of Counseling and Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran. Fatemeh Farajzadeh Chamani fatemeh.farajzadeh1400@gmail.com 100319475328460014273 0009-0008-1208-8034 No Department of Counseling and Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran.