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Mróz, J., & Kaleta, K. (2016). Work-Related Behaviors, Experiences, and Self Differentiation and Marriage Satisfaction in Women. Quarterly Journal Fides Et Ratio, 28(4), 70-89. Retrieved from https://fidesetratio.com.pl/ojs/index.php/FetR/article/view/726
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One of the primary human tasks in adulthood is getting engaged in various roles, either professional or family ones. Combining these roles in particular professional and marital ones is worth special attention. The presented study focuses on the relationship between work-related behaviour and experience patterns and marital satisfaction including the differentiation of self. The study involved 239 married women. Three measures were taken in order to verify the hypotheses: (1) Avem – The questionnaire about work-related behaviour and experience patterns (Polish adaptation Rongińska, Gaida, 2003); (2) The Differentiation of Self Inventory (Skowron, Schmitt, 2003; the Polish adaptation of O. Kriegelewicz (2009); (3) The well-matched Marriage Questionnaire (KDM-2, Plopa, 2008). The results indicate a particular arrangement of work-related behaviour and experience patterns (stronger tendency to withdrawal, life satisfaction, social support) and the Differentiation of Self (stronger I position, weaker emotional cut-off) for bigger marital satisfaction among women.
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Hobfoll, S. E. (1989). Conservation of resources: A new attempt at conceptualizing stress. American psychologist, 44(3), 513.
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Kaleta, K. (2011). Rodzinne uwarunkowania społecznego funkcjonowania jednostek w świetle teorii Minuchina i Bowena. Roczniki Psycho-logiczne, 14(2), 141-158.
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Lachowska, B. (2012). Konflikt i facylitacja między rolami rodzinnymi i zawodowymi a jakość życia pracujących rodziców. Psychologia Społeczna, 4(23), 353-371.
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Li T., Fung H.H. (2011). The dynamic goal theory of marital satisfaction. Review of General Psychology, 15(3), 246-254.
Minnotte, K. L., Minnotte, M. C., Bonstrom, J. (2015). Work–Family Conflicts and Marital Satisfaction Among US Workers: Does Stress Amplification Matter?. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 36(1), 21-33.
Mróz, J. (2015). Dyferencjacja Ja w pracy i zaangażowanie w pracę jako zmienne określające satysfakcję zawodową wśród pracowników usługowych. Journal of Modern Science, 4(27), 293-308.
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Neff, L. A., Broady, E.F. (2011). Stress resilience in early marriage: Can practice make perfect? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101(5), 1050-1067.
Neff, L. A., Karney, B. R. (2004). How does context affect intimate relationships? Linking external stress and cognitive processes within marriage. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(2),134–148.
Peleg, O. (2008). The relation between differentiation of self and marital satisfaction: What can be learned from married people over the course of life? American Journal of Family Therapy, 36, 388–401.
Plopa, M. (2008). Więzi w małżeństwie i rodzinie. Metody badań. Kraków: Oficyna Wydawnicza Impuls.
Randall, A.K., Bodenmann, G. (2009). The role of stress on close relationships and marital satisfaction. Clinical Psychology Review, 29(2), 105-115.
Roberts, N. A., Levenson, R. W. (2001). The remains of the workday: Impact of job stress and exhaustion on marital interaction in police couples. Journal of Marriage and Family, 63(4), 1052–1067.
Robinson, B. E., Flowers, C., Carroll, J. (2001). Work stress and marriage: A theoretical model examining the relationship between workaholism and marital cohesion. International Journal of Stress Management, 8(2), 165-175.
Rohany, N., Sakdiah, M. A. (2010). Job satisfaction, job performance and marital satisfaction among dual-worker Malay couples. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science, 5(3), 299-305.
Rongińska, T., Gaida, W. A. (2003). Strategie radzenia sobie z obciążeniem psychicznym w pracy zawodowej. Zielona Góra, UZ.
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Skowron, E. A., Schmitt, T. A. (2003). Assessing interpersonal fusion: Reliability and validity of a new DSI Fusion with Others subscale. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 29(2), 209–222.
Skowron, E. A., Friedlander, M. L. (1998). The Differentiation od Self Inventory: Development and Initial Validation. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 45(3), 235-246.
Srinivasan, P. (2010). The relationship between work environmental stress and marital happiness among software professionals. Sunway Academic Journal, 7, 105-118.
Strazdins, L., Broom, D. H. (2004). Acts of Love (and Work): Gender Imbalance in Emotional Work and Women's Psychological Distress. Journal of Family Issues, 25(3), 356-378.
Thenmozhi, S. (2015). Relationship between Marital Satisfaction, Self Efficacy and Work Engagement among Male employees in the ITES Sector. Annamalai International Journal of Business Studies & Research. Special Issue, 69-73.
Uusiautti, S., Määttä, K. (2012). The successful combination of work and family in Finland: the ability to compromise as a key factor. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 43(2), 151-163.
van Steenbergen, E. F., Kluwer, E. S., Karney, B. R. (2011). Workload and the trajectory of marital satisfaction in newlyweds: job satisfaction, gender, and parental status as moderators. Journal of Family Psychology, 25(3), 345-355.
Yousefi, N., Etemadi, O., Bahrami, F., Fatehezade, M. A., Ahmadi, S.A., Beshlideh, K. (2009). Structural Relationships between Self - Differentiation and Subjective Wellbeing, Mental Health and Marital Quality – Fitting Bowen's Theory. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, 3(2), 4-14.
Barling, J. (1984). Effects of Husbands' Work Experiences on Wives' Marital Satisfaction. The Journal of Social Psychology, 124(2), 219-225. Barling, J., Macewen, K. E. (1992). Linking work experiences to facets of marital functioning. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 13(6), 573-583.
Bartley, S. J., Judge, W., Judge, S. (2007). Antecedents of marital happiness and career satisfaction: An empirical study of dual-career managers.Journal of Business and Public Affairs, 1(1), 1-14.
Beebe, R. (2007). Predicting burnout, conflict management style, and turnover among clergy. Journal of Career Assessment, 15, 257.
Beebe R, Frisch N. (2009) Development of the Differentiation of Self and Role Inventory for Nurses (DSRI-RN): a tool to measure internal dimensions of workplace stress. Nursing Outlook. 57(5), 240-5.
Bowen, M. (1978). Family therapy in clinical practice. New York: Jason Aronson.
Bradbury, T. N., Fincham, F.D., Beach, S.R.H. (2000). Research on the nature and determinants of marital satisfaction: a decade in review. Journal of Marriage and Family, 62(4), 964- 981.
Braun-Gałkowska, M. (1985). Miłość aktywna. Warszawa: Instytut Wydawniczy PAX.
Cavaiola, A. A., Peters C., Hamdan, N., Lavender, N. J. (2012). Differentiation of Self and it relations to work stress and work satisfaction. Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture, 3(1), 7-20.
Chirkowska-Smolak, T. (2012). Psychologiczny model zaangażowania w pracę. Wydawnictwo naukowe UAM, Poznań.
Cohan, C. L., Bradbury, T. N. (1997). Negative life events, marital interaction, and the longitudinal course of newlywed marriage. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73(1), 114–128.
Coltrane, S. (2000). Research on Household Labor: Modeling and Measuring the Social Embeddedness of Routine Family Work. Journal of Marriage and Family, 62(4), 1208-1233.
Erickson, R.J. (2005). Why Emotion Work Matters: Sex, Gender, and the Division of Household Labor. Journal of Marriage and Family, 67(2), 337-351.
Fincham, F. D., Linfield, K. J. (1997). A new look at marital quality: Can spouses feel positive and negative about their marriage? Journal of Family Psychology,11(4), 489–502
Ford, M. T., Heinen, B. A., Langkamer, K. L. (2007). Work and family satisfaction and conflict: A meta-analysis of crossdomain relations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 57–80.
Graham, J. M., Conoley, C. W. (2006). The role of marital attributions in the relationship between life stressors and marital quality. Personal Relationships, 13(2), 231-241.
Greenhaus, J. H., Bedeian, A. G., Mossholder, K. W. (1987). Work experiences, job performance, and feelings of personal and family well-being.Journal of Vocational Behavior, 31(2), 200-215.
Greenhaus, J. H., Powell, G. N. (2006). When work and family are allies: a theory of work-family enrichment. Academy of Management Review, 31(1), 72-92.
Grzywacz, J. G., Marks, N. F. (2000). Reconceptualizing the workfamily interface: An ecological perspective on the correlates of positive and negative spillover between work and family. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 5(1), 111–126.
Heller, D., Watson, D. (2005). The dynamic spillover of satisfaction between work and marriage: the role of time and mood. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90(6), 1273-1279.
Henry, R. G., Miller, R. B. (2004). Marital problems occurring in midlife implications for couples therapy. American Journal of Family Therapy, 32(5), 405-417.
Hobfoll, S. E. (1989). Conservation of resources: A new attempt at conceptualizing stress. American psychologist, 44(3), 513.
Ilies, R., Wilson, K. S., Wagner, D. T. (2009). The spillover of daily job satisfaction onto employees' family lives: The facilitating role of work-family integration. Academy of Management Journal, 52(1), 87-102.
Janicka, I., Niebrzydowski, L. (1994). Psychologia małżeństwa. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.
Kaleta, K. (2011). Rodzinne uwarunkowania społecznego funkcjonowania jednostek w świetle teorii Minuchina i Bowena. Roczniki Psycho-logiczne, 14(2), 141-158.
Kaleta, K. (2014). Marital satisfaction, differentiation of self and stress perceived by women. Polskie Forum Psychologiczne, 19(3), 325-339.
Kerr, M., Bowen, M. (1988). Family evaluation. New York: W.W. Norton
Knerr, M., Bartle-Haring, S. (2010). Differentiation, perceived stress and therapeutic alliance as key factors in the early stage of couple therapy. Journal of Family Therapy, 32(2), 94 –118.
Kriegelewicz, O. (2009). Transmisja pokoleniowa stopnia zróżnicowania Ja i samooceny oraz ich znaczenie dla satysfakcji małżeńskiej. Niepublikowana rozprawa doktorska, Wydział Psychologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.
Lachowska, B. (2010). Konflikt i facylitacja jako mechanizmy wzajemnych oddziaływań pracy i rodziny - analiza różnic płciowych, w: T. Rostowska, A. Peplińska (red.). Psychospołeczne aspekty życia rodzinnego (s. 283-298). Warszawa: Difin.
Lachowska, B. (2012). Konflikt i facylitacja między rolami rodzinnymi i zawodowymi a jakość życia pracujących rodziców. Psychologia Społeczna, 4(23), 353-371.
Lapierre, L. M., Allen, T. D. (2006). Work-supportive family, family-supportive supervision, use of organizational benefits, and problem-focused coping: implications for work-family conflict and employee well-being. Journal of occupational health psychology, 11(2).
Li T., Fung H.H. (2011). The dynamic goal theory of marital satisfaction. Review of General Psychology, 15(3), 246-254.
Minnotte, K. L., Minnotte, M. C., Bonstrom, J. (2015). Work–Family Conflicts and Marital Satisfaction Among US Workers: Does Stress Amplification Matter?. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 36(1), 21-33.
Mróz, J. (2015). Dyferencjacja Ja w pracy i zaangażowanie w pracę jako zmienne określające satysfakcję zawodową wśród pracowników usługowych. Journal of Modern Science, 4(27), 293-308.
Neff, L. A. (2012). Putting marriage in its context: The influence of external stress on early marital development. W: L. Campbell, T.J. Loving (red.), Interdisciplinary research on close relationships: The case for integration (s. 179-203). Washington: American Psychological Association.
Neff, L. A., Broady, E.F. (2011). Stress resilience in early marriage: Can practice make perfect? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101(5), 1050-1067.
Neff, L. A., Karney, B. R. (2004). How does context affect intimate relationships? Linking external stress and cognitive processes within marriage. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(2),134–148.
Peleg, O. (2008). The relation between differentiation of self and marital satisfaction: What can be learned from married people over the course of life? American Journal of Family Therapy, 36, 388–401.
Plopa, M. (2008). Więzi w małżeństwie i rodzinie. Metody badań. Kraków: Oficyna Wydawnicza Impuls.
Randall, A.K., Bodenmann, G. (2009). The role of stress on close relationships and marital satisfaction. Clinical Psychology Review, 29(2), 105-115.
Roberts, N. A., Levenson, R. W. (2001). The remains of the workday: Impact of job stress and exhaustion on marital interaction in police couples. Journal of Marriage and Family, 63(4), 1052–1067.
Robinson, B. E., Flowers, C., Carroll, J. (2001). Work stress and marriage: A theoretical model examining the relationship between workaholism and marital cohesion. International Journal of Stress Management, 8(2), 165-175.
Rohany, N., Sakdiah, M. A. (2010). Job satisfaction, job performance and marital satisfaction among dual-worker Malay couples. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science, 5(3), 299-305.
Rongińska, T., Gaida, W. A. (2003). Strategie radzenia sobie z obciążeniem psychicznym w pracy zawodowej. Zielona Góra, UZ.
Rostowska, T. (2008). Aktywność zawodowa małżonków a jakość ich życia. w: T. Rostowska (red.). Psychologia rodziny. Małżeństwo i rodzina wobec współczesnych wyzwań. (s. 60-80). Warszawa, Difin.
Skowron, E. A. (2000). The Role of Differentiation od Self in Marital Adjustment. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 47(2), 229-237.
Skowron, E. A., Schmitt, T. A. (2003). Assessing interpersonal fusion: Reliability and validity of a new DSI Fusion with Others subscale. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 29(2), 209–222.
Skowron, E. A., Friedlander, M. L. (1998). The Differentiation od Self Inventory: Development and Initial Validation. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 45(3), 235-246.
Srinivasan, P. (2010). The relationship between work environmental stress and marital happiness among software professionals. Sunway Academic Journal, 7, 105-118.
Strazdins, L., Broom, D. H. (2004). Acts of Love (and Work): Gender Imbalance in Emotional Work and Women's Psychological Distress. Journal of Family Issues, 25(3), 356-378.
Thenmozhi, S. (2015). Relationship between Marital Satisfaction, Self Efficacy and Work Engagement among Male employees in the ITES Sector. Annamalai International Journal of Business Studies & Research. Special Issue, 69-73.
Uusiautti, S., Määttä, K. (2012). The successful combination of work and family in Finland: the ability to compromise as a key factor. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 43(2), 151-163.
van Steenbergen, E. F., Kluwer, E. S., Karney, B. R. (2011). Workload and the trajectory of marital satisfaction in newlyweds: job satisfaction, gender, and parental status as moderators. Journal of Family Psychology, 25(3), 345-355.
Yousefi, N., Etemadi, O., Bahrami, F., Fatehezade, M. A., Ahmadi, S.A., Beshlideh, K. (2009). Structural Relationships between Self - Differentiation and Subjective Wellbeing, Mental Health and Marital Quality – Fitting Bowen's Theory. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, 3(2), 4-14.
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