An Exploratory Study Of The Relationship Between Working Mothers Marital Satisfaction And Their Interrole Strain

This dissertation, "An Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Working Mother's Marital Satisfaction and Their Interrole Strain" by Siu-man, Maria, Kwok, 郭筱文, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3124890 Subjects: Working mothers - China - Hong Kong Married women - Employment - China - Hong Kong Husband and wife - China - Hong Kong

The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine three questions focusing on child care and role strain among dual working couples in rural communities. Participants (n = 114) were working mothers with at least one child in child care. Mothers provided self-reports on issues of satisfaction with child care, degree of role strain and interruptions at work. Researchers assessed the quality of the selected child care with two observational instruments. Findings indicate mothers are satisfied with the selected child care arrangements despite the large range in assessed quality. Mothers' report of role strain was found to be highly correlated with work attendance factors. As measured, work attendance factors were issues directly related to issues of child care. Therefore, child care issues indirectly impact workplace performance.

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