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Successful Resolutions to the Career‐Versus‐Family Conflict
Author(s) -
KINNIER RICHARD T.,
KATZ ELLEN C.,
BERRY MARTHA A.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1991.tb01541.x
Subject(s) - psychology , conflict resolution , social psychology , family conflict , anxiety , life satisfaction , theme (computing) , regression analysis , sociology , mathematics , statistics , social science , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
One hundred and twenty husbands and wives (60 couples) were individually assessed on how conflicted (or resolved) they were about the career‐versus‐family conflict in their lives. Their written resolutions were also content‐analyzed to extract specific themes and conflict‐resolution strategies. Data on participants' self‐esteem, conflict‐related anxiety, life satisfaction, and demographic variables were also collected. Results of t tests, chi‐squares, Pearson correlations, and a stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that high self‐esteem and life satisfaction best predicted being resolved about the conflict. The only theme that discriminated between the most and least resolved spouses was “my family comes first” (held by the most resolved). Wives were more rationally resolved about the conflict than their husbands .