중년 맞벌이 부부의 성역할 태도가 부부관계 만족도에 미치는 영향에 대한 가사노동 참여의 매개효과: 자기효과와 상대방효과를 중심으로

Abstract

This study focused on actor and partner effects of participation in household work on the association between gender role attitudes and marital satisfaction among middle-aged dual-earner couples. The sample included 762 middle-aged dual-earner couples aged 40 to 60 who participated in the 2015 Family Survey (N=1,524). Both husbands and wives self-reported on gender role attitudes, marital satisfaction, and household work participation. The respondent’s age, education level, length of marriage, and number of children were controlled for in the analysis. The Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model analysis indicated that the husband’s gender role attitudes showed significant effects on their own and partners’ household work participation and the husband’s household work participation showed significant effects on their own and partners’ marital satisfaction. Also, both husbands’ and wives’ gender role attitudes showed significant effects on their own and partners’ marital satisfaction and the effects of husband’s gender role attitude on both husband’s and wife’s marital satisfaction were mediated by the husband’s participation in household work. These findings suggest that husbands’ household work participation could improve the quality of marital relationships, especially for middle-aged dual-earner couples.