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Effect of Gender Role Attitude and Work·Family Balance Perceived by Married Career Women on Life Stress : The Mediating Effect of Marital Intimacy

기혼 여성의 성역할태도, 일·가정양립, 생활스트레스 간의 관계에서 부부친밀감의 매개효과

  • Han, Hye Rim (Department of Family and Housing Studies, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Lee, Ji Min (Department of Family and Housing Studies, Yeungnam University)
  • 한혜림 (영남대학교 생활과학대학 가족주거학과) ;
  • 이지민 (영남대학교 생활과학대학 가족주거학과)
  • Received : 2018.04.19
  • Accepted : 2018.09.15
  • Published : 2018.10.30
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Abstract

This study investigates the effect of gender role attitude and work family balance on life stress for married career women. We also explore the mediating effect of marital intimacy on the relation between gender role attitude, work family balance, and life stress. The subjects were married women from the five year data of the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Family (KLoWF). Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, structural equational models, and Sobel test with SPSS software ver. 23.0, and Amos software ver. 23.0. The findings are as follows. First, gender role attitude had a direct effect on life stress, but work family balance had no significant effect on life stress. Second, marital intimacy mediated between gender role attitude, work family balance, and life stress. In conclusion, the results can be used as basic data to prevent life stress in married career women and increase marital intimacy.

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