Bringing Work Home or Bringing Family to Work: Personal and Relational Consequences for Working Parents

Mélanie Paulin, Mylène Lachance-Grzela () and Shawna McGee
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Mélanie Paulin: University of Moncton
Mylène Lachance-Grzela: University of Moncton
Shawna McGee: University of Moncton

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2017, vol. 38, issue 4, No 1, 463-476

Abstract: Abstract This study examined the impact of work–family and family–work role blurring on personal and, consequently, relational well-being among parents. A sample of 402 working parents of children between the ages of 2–12 completed measures of role blurring, well-being, and marital satisfaction. Both directions of role blurring were indirectly associated with lower marital satisfaction in mothers through a decreased psychological well-being. For fathers, family–work role blurring was also indirectly associated with poorer marital satisfaction through decreased psychological well-being, whereas work–family role blurring was directly associated with higher marital satisfaction. However, for both parents, the effects of work–family role blurring on well-being and marital satisfaction became non-significant when levels of family–work role blurring were held constant.

Keywords: Marital satisfaction; Multitasking; Parents; Psychological well-being; Role-blurring; Work–family conflict (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s10834-017-9524-9

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