Rc. Barnett et al., CHANGE IN JOB AND MARITAL EXPERIENCES AND CHANGE IN PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS - A LONGITUDINAL-STUDY OF DUAL-EARNER COUPLES, Journal of personality and social psychology, 69(5), 1995, pp. 839-850
Are changes in job quality more closely linked to changes in distress
for men than for women? Conversely, are changes in marital quality mor
e closely linked to changes in distress for women than for men? These
questions were addressed in a longitudinal analysis of a random sample
of 210 full-time employed dual-earner couples. Change over time in jo
b role quality was significantly associated with change over time in d
istress, and the magnitude of the relationship differed little, if at
all, by gender. In contrast, change over time in marital role quality
was also associated with change in distress, but the magnitude of the
association depended on gender. Among full-time employed married women
, change in marital experience was more closely linked to change in di
stress than among their husbands.