Year: 2010
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The purpose of the following study is to examine the relationships among work-to-family and family-to-work spillover, division of labor, and relationship satisfaction in a sample of married dual earner couples, in which both members are working more than 30 hours per week.Although literature would suggest that relationship satisfaction suffers when work to family spillover is high, it fails to provide a systemic view of these issues.The current study used dyadic data analyses in order to understand how husbands' work to family spillover affected wives' relationship satisfaction and vice versa.Using AMOS 18 with observed variables and maximum likelihood estimation, we tested our model.The model produced a moderate fit with a Χ 2 (18)=35.42,NFI=.814,IFI=.899,CFI=.860, and RMSEA=.098.Analysis of the model shows that father's work-to-family spillover negatively affects relationship satisfaction.We found a negative relationship between mother's division of labor and her relationship satisfaction, and a negative relationship between father's division of labor and mother's relationship satisfaction.Results suggest that factors affecting division of labor are more important predicting relationship satisfaction than work-to-family or family-to-work spillover.iii Dedication This document is dedicated to my husband who encourages me every day.It is also dedicated to my mom and dad in appreciation of their love and dedication to me.
Authors: Lotspeich Younkin, L Felisha
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W960400240