Work and Marital Satisfaction in Maritally Distressed Couples Support for a Segregation Model

Date of Award

2004

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Callahan, Charlene

Keywords

Personality, Depression, Daily Hassles, Spillover, Distressed Couples, Regression Analyses, Marital Satisfaction, Model Testing

Area of Concentration

Psychology

Abstract

The present study was designed to examine the well-known models of marital and work satisfaction, including the spillover, crossover, compensation, and segregation models. Analyses were performed on previously collected data from distressed marital couples participating in a longitudinal treatment-outcome study (Ryan, 2001). Stepwise multiple regression analyses revealed that the segregation model most accurately explained the relationship between work and family satisfaction in the sample. Work and marital satisfaction were shown to be independently influenced by external variables, including personality (as defined by the Five-Factor Model and evaluated by the NEO Personality Inventory), depression (measured by the Beck Depression Inventory), and daily hassles and uplifts. Implications are discussed for better understanding the relationship between work and marital satisfaction, including increasing satisfaction in these domains through improvements in marital therapy and the modification of practices at the workplace.

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