Linking parents' work pressure and adolescents' well-being: Insights into dynamics in dual-earner families

This study focused on the connections between mothers' and fathers' work pr essure and the psychological adjustment of their older (M = 15 years) and y ounger (M = 12.5 years) adolescent offspring in a sample of 190 dual-earner families. Structural equation models revealed that the effects of work pre ssure on adolescent well-being were mediated by parental role overload and parent-adolescent conflict. Work-family linkages were similar for mothers a nd fathers with one exception: Fathers' work pressure predicted both parent s' feelings of role overload, whereas mothers' work pressure predicted only their own overload, not their spouses'. The patterns of association were c onsistent for older and younger adolescent siblings.