TWO EARNER FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究的主要目的是 调查两对收入夫妇的三岁孩子如何与 残疾人将家庭和工作义务结合在一起， 这一契合度影响着夫妻之间和夫妻内部的婚姻差异， 质量和家庭凝聚力。 没有一项工作/家庭研究分析了 家庭和工作环境之间的关系，以确定共同的夫妇水平模式， 拟合或评估这些模式对婚姻和家庭幸福的影响。 同样，没有研究父母适应照顾孩子， 残疾人研究了就业与福祉的关系。 在这 应用程序，研究人员建议检查三个家庭概况 变量（护理分工，护理需求和护理安排）和四个 工作概况变量（工作时间、参与度、时间表和福利）， fit的组成部分。 拟议研究的第二个目的是评估 耦合水平分析影响了工作之间的联系， 条件和个人福利。 将检验两个假设：（1） 积极的家庭环境会缓和工作要求的负面影响 对母亲和父亲的福祉;（2）工作奖励将缓和 不良家庭环境对母亲而不是父亲的负面影响 幸福 虽然福祉已在工作/家庭中得到落实， 使用心理和身体健康措施的文献，工作如何影响 育儿很重要，但很少被研究。 拟议的个人一级 分析将集中在父母的压力和能力，以及一般 心理健康是关键的结果。 工作需求是以工作来衡量的 而工作奖励则通过自主性和工作强度来评估 满意 这项研究将集中在双亲家庭，其中母亲和 父亲每周至少工作10小时，两人都是一个孩子的父母。 三岁的残疾儿童。 双方家长将接受采访， 将完成自我报告量表。 本研究的研究问题和 将使用分层线性模型和聚类分析假设 分析. 拟议研究的结果将提供新的见解 从夫妻层面和个人层面， 这是一个未被研究的劳动力群体的视角。 了解 夫妻在家庭和工作之间建立契合的不同方式 角色将生成关于国家或跨公司政策如何 旨在使夫妇和家庭福祉受益，并间接促进 母亲和父亲的福祉以及工作生产力和业绩。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of this study is to investigate how two-earner couples of three-year-old children with disabilities fit their home and work obligations together, and the extent to which that fit influences between and within couple differences in marital quality and family cohesion. No work/family study has analyzed the relation between home and work environments to identify common couple-level patterns of fit or assess the influence of these patterns on marital and family wellbeing. Similarly, no study of parental adaptation to caring for a child with disabilities has examined how employment relates to wellbeing. In this application, the investigator proposes to examine three family profile variables (division of care, care demands, and care arrangements) and four work profile variables (hours, involvement, schedule, and benefits) as components of fit. The secondary purpose of the proposed study is to assess how the outcomes from the couple-level analysis influence the well-studied link between job conditions and individual wellbeing. Two hypotheses will be tested: (1) positive family environments will moderate the negative effects of job demands on both maternal and paternal wellbeing; and (2) job rewards will moderate the negative effects of a poor family environment on maternal but not paternal wellbeing. Although wellbeing has been operationalized in the work/family literature using measures of mental and physical health, how work influences parenting is important but rarely studied. The proposed individual-level analysis will focus on parenting stress and competence as well as general mental health as critical outcomes. Job demands are measured by work intensity while job rewards are assessed by measures of autonomy and job satisfaction. The study will focus on two-parent families in which both the mother and father are employed at least ten hours per week and both are the parents of a three-year-old child with disabilities. Both parents will be interviewed and will complete self-report scales. The study's research questions and hypotheses will be analyzed using hierarchical linear modeling and cluster analysis. The findings from the proposed study will provide fresh insights into work/family relationships from both a couple-level and individual-level perspective for an unstudied segment of the workforce. Understanding the different ways in which couples establish a fit between their home and work roles will generate suggestions for how national or cross-company policies can be designed to benefit couple and family wellbeing, and indirectly boost maternal and paternal wellbeing as well as work productivity and performance.