Domain Satisfaction and Overall Life Satisfaction: Testing the Spillover-Crossover Model in Chilean Dual-Earner Couples

Berta Schnettler, Edgardo Miranda-Zapata, Ligia Orellana, Héctor Poblete, Germán Lobos, María Lapo and Cristian Adasme-Berríos
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Berta Schnettler: Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 478000, Chile
Edgardo Miranda-Zapata: Centro de Excelencia en Psicología Económica y del Consumo, Núcleo de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 748000, Chile
Ligia Orellana: Centro de Excelencia en Psicología Económica y del Consumo, Núcleo de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 748000, Chile
Héctor Poblete: Centro de Excelencia en Psicología Económica y del Consumo, Núcleo de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 748000, Chile
Germán Lobos: Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile
María Lapo: Escuela de Economía, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil 090615, Ecuador
Cristian Adasme-Berríos: Departamento de Economía y Administración, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 346000, Chile

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 20, 1-23

Abstract: The aim of this study was to examine spillover and crossover effects between job satisfaction, satisfaction with family life (SWFaL), satisfaction with food-related life (SWFoL) and overall life satisfaction (LS) in dual-earner couples. The gender of the couple members was also accounted for in these interrelationships. A sample of 473 dual-earner couples with adolescent children in Temuco, Chile, responded to a questionnaire. Both members of the couple answered the Satisfaction with Life Scale, Overall Job Satisfaction Scale, the Satisfaction with Family Life Scale and the Satisfaction with Food-related Life Scale. Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model and structural equation modeling, it was found that men’s LS was positively associated with their own job satisfaction, SWFaL and SWFoL (spillover), as well as with their partner’s SWFaL (crossover). Results also showed that women’s LS was positively associated with their own job satisfaction, SWFaL and SWFoL (spillover), as well as with their partner’s SWFaL and job satisfaction. Different gender patterns were found for job satisfaction and SWFoL. These findings suggest that for dual-earner couples, life satisfaction may not only be influenced by their own individual satisfaction in a life domain but also by their partner’s satisfaction in the same domain.

Keywords: life satisfaction; job; family; food; spillover; crossover; dyadic analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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