Abstract:
The aim of this research was to investigate life satisfaction and work-family conflict of employed married adults in Bangkok. Participants were 243 full-time employed adults during the age of 25-45 from dual-career family with at least bachelor degree. The instruments used were the life satisfaction scale and the multi-dimensional measure of work-family conflict. Data was analyzed using a two-way ANOVA design, followed by Dunnett'T3 or Scheffe post-hoc multiple comparison. Also, Pearson correlation coefficient was performed. The major findings were as follows: 1. Employed married adults reported high life satisfaction, and low work-family conflict; both work interference with family (WIF) and family interference with work (FIW). 2. Those in certain subgroups had moderate level of work-family conflict. 3. Female reported more strain-based WIF than male, and, among those with children, female reported less life satisfaction than male. 4. Employed married adults during the age of 32-38 reported more WIF, time-based WIF and strain-based WIF than those during the age of 39-45. 5. Employed married adults with single child reported more WIF, FIW, time-based WIF, strain-based WIF, behavior-based WIF, time-based FIW, and behavior-based FIW than those without children. 6. Employed married adults with newborn to 5-year-old children reported more FIW, strain-based WIF and time-based FIW than those with 6 to 11-year-old children, and, more behavior-based FIW than those with 12 to 15-year-old children. 7. Employed married adults without household helpers reported more FIW and strain-based FIW than those with household helpers. 8. Among those with children, employed married adults without household helpers reported more WIF, FIW, strain-based WIF, behavior-based WIF, strain-based FIW, and behavior-based FIW than those with household helpers. 9. Life satisfaction was negatively related with all types of work-family conflict. 10. All types of work-family conflict were positively related.