The purpose of this study was to examine the clustering effect of work and family role stressors and strain, mediated by family resource and coping strategy, on quality of life using the Double ABCX model. On the basis of previous literature and stress theory, the theoretical model was specified, estimated, and evaluated for adequacy of statistical fit for samples of Korean-American dual-earner families in Los Angeles, California. Separate estimates for 153 wives and 117 husbands were obtained using LISREL analysis. / Although the initial model was not supported by the data, the revised model fitted the data adequately for wives and husbands, respectively. In the revised model, there was reciprocal effect of family system resource and coping strategy for wives. For husbands, there was the direct effect of family role stressor on family system resource. / The theoretical model for wives also represented a generalization of family stress theory while the model for husbands did not. That is, wives' work-family role strain was intensified by the amount of work and family role stressors. Also, family system resource was an important mediating factor in decreasing work-family role strain and in increasing quality or life for the wives of Korean-American dual-earner families. For the husbands, however, neither work-family role strain or family system resource acted as a mediating factor. This study contributed to the literature in work-family role strain and family stress theory, and should be of interest to researchers and family life educators. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-04, Section: A, page: 1287. / Major Professor: Elizabeth B. Goldsmith. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76642 |
| Contributors | Kim, Yeong-Hee., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 204 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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