WORK VS. FAMILY AND MARITAL SATISFACTION AMONG MALAYSIAN CHINESE DUAL-EARNER COUPLES: AN ACTOR-PARTNER INTERDEPENDENCE MODEL
Journal Title: Psychological Thought - Year 2022, Vol 15, Issue 1
Abstract
Work-family conflict is frequently studied because they are the two main life domains in a person’s life. The present study examines how work-family conflict influenced marital satisfaction among Malaysian Chinese dual-earner couples using a dyadic approach. Results from the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) indicated that work-family conflict (work-to-family and family-to-work) were associated with a lower level of marital satisfaction. Work-family conflict has a significant negative impact on marital satisfaction for both husbands and wives (actor effect). However, no significant results were found for the partner effect. Both actor and partner effects were reported and discussed. The present findings provide empirical evidence on the spillover and crossover effects of work-family conflict on marital satisfaction and add to the literature by utilizing advanced data analysis technique, APIM by collecting dyadic data. The implications of the findings were discussed as well as the suggestions for future research.
Authors and Affiliations
Mei San Leong, Rumaya Juhari
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP710905
- DOI https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v15i1.614
- Views 107
- Downloads 0
STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DARK TRIAD AND AGGRESSION IN WOMEN, SENTENCED FOR VIOLENT CRIMES IN BULGARIAN PRISON
This article is devoted to a little-studied topic in criminal psychology - women who commit serious crimes. This study analyzes the relationship between the complex of personality traits “The Dark Triad” and Aggression...
Item Banking for an Adaptive Measurement of Neuroticism
The psychometric properties of a bank of 36 items are presented measuring Neuroticism based on the Five-Factor Model. These items pertain to the facets that were identified by the work of McCrae and Costa. The sample was...
EXAMINING PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES AND MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE OF THE EMOTION REGULATION QUESTIONNAIRE IN AN ECUADORIAN SAMPLE
The most popular instrument used to measure emotional regulation is the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), allowing researchers to study intergroup differences in emotional regulation across many different cultures....
MLADEN NIKOLOV - THE FIRST BULGARIAN PSYCHOANALYST
The article examines the life of Mladen Nikolov, a Bulgarian psychologist, whom I define as the first Bulgarian psychoanalyst. It is based on facts from preliminary studies, which may be supplemented subsequently. It des...
MENTAL SUFFERING: BUDDHISM, A POST MODERNIST WESTERN VIEW, AND THE MUTUAL “PATH TO HAPPINESS”
In this article are compared the underpinning beliefs, ideas, and practices between Tibetan Buddhist philosophies, with Western understandings about mental suffering in living, and the nature of contextual issues that st...