Dikkers Josje S E, Geurts Sabine A E, Kinnunen Ulla, Kompier Michiel A J, Taris Toon W
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Scand J Psychol. 2007 Dec;48(6):529-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00580.x.
This study aimed at providing insight into the processes underlying crossover between "work" and "home" in dyadic partner relationships. Specifically, we examined to what extent husbands' work demands (work load and overtime hours) and psychological health (fatigue and depressive symptoms) "cross over" to their wives' home demands (home load) and psychological health. These associations were investigated among three couple groups, based on wives' working hours (i.e., more than 20 hours per week, from 1 to 20 hours per week, and not engaged in paid work) (253 couples in total). All husbands worked for at least 35 hours a week. Three possible crossover mechanisms were hypothesized: (i) time-based, (ii) strain-based, and (iii) empathy-based crossover. The results partially supported mechanisms (i) and (ii): when husbands reported higher work load (mechanism i) and more psychological health complaints (mechanism ii), their wives experienced higher home load. The results further supported mechanism (iii) that wives' and husbands' psychological health were associated. It is concluded that crossover from husbands to wives may occur through various mechanisms.
本研究旨在深入了解二元伴侣关系中“工作”与“家庭”之间交叉的潜在过程。具体而言，我们考察了丈夫的工作需求（工作量和加班时间）以及心理健康（疲劳和抑郁症状）在多大程度上“交叉”到其妻子的家庭需求（家务量）和心理健康上。基于妻子的工作时长（即每周超过20小时、每周1至20小时以及未从事有偿工作），在三组夫妻中调查了这些关联（总共253对夫妻）。所有丈夫每周至少工作35小时。假设了三种可能的交叉机制：（i）基于时间的，（ii）基于压力的，以及（iii）基于同理心的交叉。结果部分支持了机制（i）和（ii）：当丈夫报告工作量较大（机制i）和心理健康问题较多（机制ii）时，他们的妻子经历的家务量更高。结果进一步支持了机制（iii），即妻子和丈夫的心理健康是相关的。研究得出结论，从丈夫到妻子的交叉可能通过多种机制发生。
