The actor and partner effects of work-family conflict on multi-dimensional health of dual-earner couples - Focusing on subjective health status, daily stress and drinking -

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to examine the actor and partner effects of the relationships between work-family conflict and health-related outcomes among dual-earner couples. Method: Using the 8th (2015) wave of PSKC (Panel Study on Korean Children), the study includes 612 couples who raising their first-grade child in elementary school. Results: Based on APIM (Actor and Partner Interdependence Model), the result shows that wives'' level of work-family conflict was associated with the subjective health status of their own, but not with her spouse’. However, husbands'' level of work-family conflict was not only associated with the subjective health status of their own, but also with his spouse’. Similarly, wives'' level of work-family conflict was associated with the daily stress of their own, but not with her spouse’. However, husbands'' level of work-family conflict was not only associated with the daily stress of their own, but also with his spouse’. In the results of drinking, husbands'' level of work-family conflict was only associated with the drinking of their own. Conclusions: Using dyadic data, these findings extend our understanding of the effects of work-family conflict on health.