Linked lives and work-family dynamics: gendered workload, family support, and mental well-being among urban Chinese dual-earner households.

ABSTRACT: In China, debates on achieving work-family balance have intensified with the rise of the dual-earner model. Balancing paid and unpaid work is stressful for dual-earner couples resulting in poor mental well-being outcomes for both partners. While prior mental well-being research mainly focused on individual associations, our study investigates associations of paid and unpaid workloads on spousal mental well-being within married dyads. Moreover, given that family support is an important resource in accordance with Chinese cultural and social norms, we investigate the mitigating role of family support within this dyadic relationship. Using coupled data from the Chinese Family Panel Study (CFPS) Wave 5, we employed Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) to explore crossover mechanisms of m

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12616911 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature