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The ability to balance work and family demands can affect marital satisfaction, family cohesion, and job satisfaction. While most research in this area has utilized middle-class Anglo-American samples, the present investigation examined dual-earner, working-class Mexican- Americans. Positive relationships were found between work-family balance and satisfaction with marriage, family life and jobs with gender and acculturation showing moderating effects on some variables. Family therapists should be cognizant of the impact of work- family demands on marriage and family functioning even when working class minority families do not offer these issues as presenting problems.
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Barnett, K.A., Del Campo, R.L., Del Campo, D.S. et al. Work and Family Balance Among Dual-Earner Working-Class Mexican-Americans: Implications for Therapists. Contemporary Family Therapy 25, 353–366 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1027395901282
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