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The Spillover Effects of Paternal Work Stress on the Home: The Difference between Dual-Earner and Single-Earner Families
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Abstract
The present study aimed to examine the spillover effects from the workplace to families. The associationbetween job security and fathers' parental stress mediated by their work-schedule on weekend and burnoutwere examined. Also, the difference between dual-earner and single-earner families were examined. Asample of fathers 481(dual-earner = 253) with children from infant through school age participated in thestudy and all variables were assessed with fathers' self reports. Data were analyzed using SEM(structuralequation modeling) and multi-group analysis in Mplus 7.4. Findings indicate that low level of job securityindirectly predicted high level of fathers' parental stress through work schedule on weekend or their highlevel of burnout. However, these indirect paths appeared differently between dual-earner and single-earnerfamilies, Specifically, only in single-earner families, job security was associated with fathers' parental stressthrough work schedule on weekend. The results suggest that the strains due to job security and workingon weekend spill to families and can hinder fathers' engagement in families. Also, findings can inform theapproach to develop family's structure specific policies to facilitate the work-family interface.