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Title: Adverse work experiences and marital outcomes inmiddle years: Role of self-esteem

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: This study assesses the decade-long influence of adverse work experiences on husbands’ and wives’ problem-solvingbehaviors and marital quality through self-esteem using structural equation modeling with a sample of 308 dual-earningcouples. Analyses controlled for earlier marital quality, allowing for assessment of the residual change in marital qualityover 10 years. Adverse work experiences directly affected marital quality and indirectly affected decreases in maritalquality through lower self-esteem; lastly, individuals’ self-esteem was positively related to increased problem-solvingbehaviors. In addition, there was a crossover association, with wives’ and husbands’ self-esteem influencing oneanother’s problem-solving behaviors. These results contribute to a deeper understanding about the processes responsiblefor the detrimental impact of adverse work experiences.

Url: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/pere.12227

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Authors: King, Victoria; Wickrama, Kandauda, AS; Walker O'Neal, Catherine; Lorenz, Frederick, O

Periodical (Full): Personal Relationships

Issue: 1

Volume: 25

Pages: 50-64

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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