How Was Your Day, Darling?

Abstract

Abstract. The aim of this paper is to review recent research on negative and positive crossover from work to family and from family to work in couples. The results of the 58 included studies mainly highlight indirect crossover based on spillover processes and marital interactions. More specifically, they show that incumbents’ positive and negative experiences at work cross over to their spouses’ well-being or family functioning through experiences of work-family enrichment and work-family conflict, respectively, and, for negative crossover, through negative marital interactions. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed and directions for future research are outlined.

Daily Work Stress and Relationship Satisfaction: Detachment Affects Romantic Couples’ Interactions Quality

“…Thus, in line with a recent review underlining the importance of the quality of marital interactions for crossover processes in romantic relationships (Steiner & Krings, 2016), the results of the present study show that when detaching from work at home, people seem to benefit more from the resources that close relationships offer (Hobfoll, 1989).…”

Depression and satisfaction in different domains of life in dual-earner families: A dyadic analysis

“…These findings partially confirm that a person's depression may negatively affect their partner's well-being (Fowler & Gasiorek, 2017;Marguerite et al, 2017) although our results indicate that this bidirectional association mainly affects well-being in the family domain. This is especially relevant in dual-earner parents, such as those in our study, because they must coordinate their lives in the work and family domains, including the multiple demands associated with raising children (Steiner & Krings, 2016). One possible explanation underlying this negative crossover is related to negative marital interactions associated with depression in both members of the couple, which is consistent with the indirect form of crossover through social interaction between partners (Westman & Vinokur, 1998).…”

“…Conversely, no crossover effects were found between depression and satisfaction with food-related life within the dyads. Therefore, our results provide new insights into the growing corpus of literature focused on the crossover of negative experiences, such as exhaustion, burnout, or work-family conflict (Steiner & Krings, 2016).…”

“…At the same time, Baucom, Whisman, and Paprocki (2012) indicate that a couple's relationship may deteriorate if depressed individuals perceive themselves as unpleasant for the partner or feel their partner is unsupportive. Some studies have demonstrated that negative marital interactions are a key driver of negative crossover effects (Bakker, Petrou, & Tsaousis, 2012;Shimazu, Bakker, & Demerouti, 2009;Steiner & Krings, 2016), which, in turn, decreases well-being for both members of the couple (Steiner & Krings, 2016). Nevertheless, it should be noted that the associations between each member of the dyad depression and their own level of satisfaction with family life were stronger than the crossover associations between the dyad, suggesting that spillover is more relevant than crossover in the association between depression and satisfaction with family life.…”

“…This is an unexpected result, considering that it has been reported that depressed woman are more likely to skip some meals, have a lower frequency of family meals, and serve unhealthy meals to their families (Levin & Kirby, 2012;McCurdy et al, 2014): all of which have been related with lower levels of food-related life satisfaction (Schnettler et al, 2015Schnettler et al, 2018ac). Nevertheless, although some authors have not found crossover effects between different variables when studying dyads (Steiner & Krings, 2016), further research is required to better understand the lack of a partner's effect on the association between depression and the satisfaction with food-related life in dual earner-couples.…”