title: Work-to-relationship conflict: crossover effects in dual-earner couples.
abstract: To better understand the outcomes for couples whose work interferes with their relationships, with an emphasis on the crossover effects that can occur in close relationships, we examined experienced work-to-relationship conflict and perceptions of partner's work-to-relationship conflict for both members of 113 dual-earner couples. Outcomes of interests included relationship tension, health symptoms, and relationship satisfaction. Results indicate that personal work-to-relationship conflict and perceptions of partner's work-to-family conflict were related to personal as well as partner outcomes; a variety of direct crossover effects were demonstrated. The actor-partner interdependence model was incorporated to account for issues of interdependent data that naturally occur in relationship dyads, a methodological issue not typically addressed and accounted for in the dyadic work-family interface literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA. Russell.Matthews@uconn.edu
authors.forename: Russell A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: Regan E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Del Priore
authors.forename: Linda K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Acitelli
authors.forename: Janet L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Barnes-Farrell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012938:Social Perception; D013997:Time Factors; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*