Work and Family Conflict: An Often Overlooked Issue in Couple and Family Therapy

Tatman, Anthony W.; Hovestadt, Alan J.; Yelsma, Paul; Fenell, David L.; Canfield, Brian S.

doi:10.1007/s10591-006-9693-4

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“…Not surprisingly, the experience of job stress has been found to reduce marital quality in both partners (Obradovic and Cudina-Obradovic, 2009). A majority of research in this domain has been conducted in the United States or with Western samples and has found that men were affected by work-family conflict as much as women, however, women were more likely to be affected by family-work conflict than men (e.g., Tatman et al, 2006). However, recent research is starting to examine these associations with non-Western samples.…”

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A Dyadic Approach to Understanding Associations Between Job Stress, Marital Quality, and Dyadic Coping for Dual-Career Couples in Iran

2019

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In Iran, dual-career couples face many stressors due to their demands of balancing work and family. Moreover, the experience of this stress can negatively affect partners’ martial quality. Recent studies have shown the positive impact of dyadic coping on well-being; however, a majority of this research has been conducted with Western cultures. As such, there is a dearth of literature on understanding how supportive and common dyadic coping may have a positive association with work-family stress for couples in Iran. Using a sample of 206 heterosexual dual-career couples from Iran, this study examines the associations between job stress and marital quality, and possible moderating effects of common and perceived partner supportive dyadic coping. As predicted, job stress was negatively associated with marital quality, and this association with further moderated by gender, such that women who experienced greater job stress also reported lower marital quality. Additionally, dyadic coping moderated the association between job stress and marital quality. Common dyadic coping attenuated the negative association between job stress and marital quality. The findings shed light on the possible beneficial effects of teaching supportive and common dyadic coping techniques to dual-career couples in Iran.

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A Dyadic Approach to Understanding Associations Between Job Stress, Marital Quality, and Dyadic Coping for Dual-Career Couples in Iran

2019

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“…Although several prior studies have highlighted the importance of family variables to explain family satisfaction (Olson, 2000), FWC (Greenhaus and Beutell, 1985;Kinnunen and Mauno, 1998;MacEwen and Barling, 1994;Michel, Kotrba, Michelson, Clark and Baltes, 2011;Netemeyer. Boles and McMurrian, 1996;Stephens, Townsend, Martire and Druley, 2001;Tatman, Hovestadt, Yelsma, Fenell and Canfield, 2006;Voydanoff, 1988) and WFC (Evenson and Simon, 2005;Kinnunen and Mauno, 1998;Nomaguchi and Milkie, 2003;Stephens, Townsend, Martire and Druley, 2001;Voydanoff, 1988), according to the results of this study, family cohesion increases family satisfaction since it contributes to less family interference in professional activity (i.e. FWC).…”

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Flexibility, cohesion and family satisfaction: The impact of conflict between work and family

Neto

Sequeira

Massano-Cardoso

et al. 2020

Journal of Family Therapy

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This study, including 658 nurses, tested the mediating effect of work–family conflict (WFC) and family–work conflict (FWC) in the relationship between family characteristics (i.e. cohesion and flexibility) and family satisfaction. Using the circumplex model of family systems by Olson and the conflict between work and family, regression analysis using PROCESS software revealed that both WFC and FWC were negatively related to family satisfaction. More interestingly, WFC was observed to mediate the relationship between family flexibility and family satisfaction, and FWC to mediate the relationship between family cohesion and family satisfaction. The theoretical and practical implications are also discussed.Practitioner points It is necessary to take into account the relationship between work and family characteristics (e.g. cohesion and flexibility) to explain family satisfaction. Thus, the need to focus on the particularities of WFC and FWC and family functioning, their strategies and fields of intervention are relevant. For organisations, particularly for human resource management, it is important to recognise the importance of the characteristics of a worker’s family because these will be relevant to the relationship established between the work and family domains. For clinicians, particularly family therapists, this study contributes to a new understanding of the impact of family functioning in contexts external to the family, namely the professional context.

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“…One assumption for the impact of work hours on perceived sexual satisfaction was that the more hours worked, the more income received. Having a higher income may make it more affordable for individuals to obtain childcare, and therefore might allow couples an opportunity to spend quality time alone with their partner (Tatman, Hovestadt, Yelsma, Fenell, & Canfield, 2006). These findings suggested a better understanding that dual-career couples both contributed financially to the overall quality of the relationship, and suggested dual-career couples not only acknowledge the gains of employment, but the strains these gains placed on their sexual relationship.…”

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Sex and the Social Worker: How a Social Work Degree Helps in the Bedroom

Sullivan¹,

Manning²

2013

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This non experimental approach examined 104 participants of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program (BPD) on the impact work and children living in the home (under age 18) had on married couples' perception of their sex lives. Multiple and linear regression were used to assess work life, work hours, and the impact of having children (under age 18) who resided in the home on participants' perception of their sexual satisfaction. Results indicated that children do not have a statistically significant relationship on married couples' martial sexual satisfaction while work life/work hours did have a significant relationship. These findings suggested therapists, counselors, and social workers acknowledge how work and children impact the sexual relationship of dual career couples as they try to balance their careers and family life.

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Work and Family Conflict: An Often Overlooked Issue in Couple and Family Therapy

Cited by 13 publications

References 22 publications

A Dyadic Approach to Understanding Associations Between Job Stress, Marital Quality, and Dyadic Coping for Dual-Career Couples in Iran

A Dyadic Approach to Understanding Associations Between Job Stress, Marital Quality, and Dyadic Coping for Dual-Career Couples in Iran

Flexibility, cohesion and family satisfaction: The impact of conflict between work and family

Sex and the Social Worker: How a Social Work Degree Helps in the Bedroom

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