Spousal Problems and Family-to-Work Conflict Among Employed US Adults

Marshal Neal Fettro () and Kei Nomaguchi ()
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Marshal Neal Fettro: Bowling Green State University
Kei Nomaguchi: Bowling Green State University

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2018, vol. 39, issue 2, No 8, 277-296

Abstract: Abstract Using data from the 2011 National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States Refreshed Sample (N = 980), this paper examines how three types of spousal problems—poor physical health, poor mental health, and behavioral disorders—are related to respondents’ family-to-work conflict (FWC) among employed adults aged 25–61. Results suggest that all three types of their spouses’ problems were related to respondents’ higher FWC, with their spouses’ poor mental health having the strongest association. These associations were not significant after controlling for respondents’ role overload, financial strain, and relationship strain. There were few variations by respondents’ gender and parental status in these associations. Relationship strain played the primary role as a mediator, which was stronger for men than women. These findings support the idea of stress proliferation, suggesting that one’s problems can be linked to a series of other stressors including one’s spouse’s FWC.

Keywords: Family-to-work conflict; Relationship strain; Spouse demands; Stress process model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s10834-017-9555-2

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