Marital and Family Satisfaction as a Function of Work-Family Demands and Community Resources: Individual- and Couple-Level Analyses

Autor/inn/en	Hostetler, Andrew J.; Desrochers, Stephan; Kopko, Kimberly; Moen, Phyllis
Titel	Marital and Family Satisfaction as a Function of Work-Family Demands and Community Resources: Individual- and Couple-Level Analyses
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 33 (2012) 3, S.316-340 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X11413877
Schlagwörter	Family Work Relationship; Employed Parents; Mothers; Marital Satisfaction; Dependents; Gender Differences; Community Resources; Fathers; Working Hours; Correlation; Family Relationship; Neighborhoods; Friendship; Regression (Statistics); New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Familienangehöriger; Geschlechterkonflikt; Hours of work; Arbeitszeit; Korrelation; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Freundschaft; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	This study uses individual- and couple-level analyses to examine the influence of work-family demands and community resources on marital and family satisfaction within a sample of dual-earner parents with dependent children (N = 260 couples, 520 individuals). Total couple work hours were strongly negatively associated with marital satisfaction for both fathers and mothers. Work hours may be best studied as a couple-level demand, and working shorter combined hours, if possible, may be a central component of a broader adaptive strategy. Negative work-to-family spillover was negatively associated with parents' family satisfaction, but for mothers this relationship was mediated by negative affect and (marginally) by couple disagreements. Finally, fathers' neighborhood friends emerged as an important resource for both fathers and mothers, suggesting gender differences in the role of community in the work-family interface and highlighting the need for further research of community-level resources. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10