Work-Family Conflict, Spouse Conflict, and Adolescent School Performance

摘要

The article aimed at examining the relationship between work-family conflict and spouse conflict and adolescent school performance, and at investigating the role of spouse conflict as a mediator in the relationship of work-family conflict and adolescent school performance in China. The article uses data from 305 Chinese junior middle school students and their parents. The results showed that parents' perceptions of their own family-to-work conflict, their own work-to-family conflict, and their partner work-to-family conflict all significantly correlated to spouse conflict, and spouse conflict significantly correlated to adolescent conflict with parents, teachers, classmates, and final grades in term examinations. Linear regressions revealed that work-family conflict was significantly associated with spouse conflict; spouse conflict was significantly associated with adolescent conflict; and adolescent conflict was significantly associated with final school grades. Further research should pay more attention to the transmission mechanisms, like spouse conflict, to better understand the impact of work-family conflicts on individual mental health and behaviors.