The effects of wives’ employment on husbands’ job and life satisfaction

Graham L. Staines; Kathleen J. Pottick; Deborah A. Fudge

doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.1985.tb00891.x

The effects of wives’ employment on husbands’ job and life satisfaction

Graham L. Staines, Kathleen J. Pottick, Deborah A. Fudge

School of Social Work

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Abstract

Previous research has established that wives’ employment has a negative effect on the mental health of husbands. This result is not yet well understood. Analyzing survey data from a national sample of workers, this study focuses on the work domain to investigate this result further. Findings reveal that wives’ employment has negative effects on husbands’ job and life satisfaction. These results suggest that the overall negative mental health effect may derive, in part, from the occupational domain.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	419-424
Number of pages	6
Journal	Psychology of Women Quarterly
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1985.tb00891.x
State	Published - Sep 1985

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Gender Studies
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Psychology(all)

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