Stress in the Dual-Income Couple

Do Social Relationships Help or Hinder

Bibliographic Data

ID2932064
AuthorsLeigh A Leslie (University of Maryland, corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume6
Issue4
Pages451-461
Publication date1989-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407589064004
OpenAlexW2028285626
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited13

This study examines the role of social relationships in husbands' and wives' adjustment to work and family stress in the dual-income couple. The literatures on both role overload and social support were examined and found to suggest contradictory stances on the value of social support and network membership. Sixty couples in which both partners were employed provided information on their current level of work and family stress, characteristics of their significant social relationships and their overall well-being. Men and women who reported greater stressors experienced less well-being, with women focusing more on family stressors than did men. Results also indicated that the aspects of social support considered here were of little benefit in understanding adjustment in this sample, although social support did predict adjustment better for women than for men. The utility of social support theory as opposed to role overload theory in understanding the relationship among these variables in this population is discussed

Developmental psychology · Dual (grammatical number · Population · Sample (material · Social stress · Social support · Sociology · Stress (linguistics · Stressor · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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