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Occupational Characteristics and Marital Leisure Involvement
Author(s) -
Crawford Duane W.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x99281004
Subject(s) - psychology , compensation (psychology) , spillover effect , interpersonal relationship , leisure time , sample (material) , leisure activity , social psychology , interpersonal communication , marital status , occupational prestige , developmental psychology , physical activity , demography , sociology , medicine , socioeconomic status , economics , population , chemistry , chromatography , physical medicine and rehabilitation , microeconomics
This study examined the relationship between husbands' and wives' occupational characteristics, the extent of their involvement in three different types of leisure activities, and whether they engaged in these activities together or apart. The predictions of three models of the relationship between work and leisure—spillover, compensation, and neutrality—were tested using a sample of 66 dual‐earner couples. Results revealed no consistent support for any of the three models but indicated that wives' occupational characteristics were important predictors of their independent leisure as well as couples' leisure companionship.