RESEARCH ARTICLE
Fathers’ Religious and Family Involvement at Home: Work and Family Outcomes
E.J. Hill*, R.O. Whyte, J.I. Jacob, V.L. Blanchard, S.F. Duncan, D.C. Dollahite, L. Wadsworth
School of Family Life, 2052 JFSB, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2008Volume: 1
First Page: 56
Last Page: 65
Publisher Id: TOFAMSJ-1-56
DOI: 10.2174/1874922400801010056
Article History:
Received Date: 11/2/2008Revision Received Date: 7/03/2008
Acceptance Date: 12/03/2008
Electronic publication date: 30/10/2008
Collection year: 2008
© 2008 Hill et al;
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open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
This study investigates the impact of fathers’ religious and family involvement on work-family conflict, workfamily fit, job satisfaction, and marital satisfaction. The sample consists of employed, married fathers and their spouses from the 2001 Marriott School of Management Alumni Work and Family Survey (n = 210). Fathers’ family involvement was related to less work-life conflict, greater work-family fit, and greater self- and spouse-reports of marital satisfaction. Fathers’ family and religious involvement was related to greater self- and spouse-reports of marital satisfaction. These findings suggest the importance of fathers’ religious and family involvement to valued family and work outcomes.
