Comunicación interpersonal en matrimonios de doble ingreso: retos y estrategias de las mujeres mexicanas para comunicarse con su pareja

Abstract

With a focus on work-family balance, this exploratory study focused on finding the communication and consider what strategies women use to solve them. Also explore the nature of the main issues on which the couple talks about. This study was conducted in the northern city of Monterrey, in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and included 23 female participants, age 22 and older, who live in a marriage where both spouses work outside the home and have children, and who agreed to be audio-taped in an interview. The results of this qualitative study indicate that the main challenge of communication for women to verbally interact with their partner is not having enough time to do it, followed by fatigue experienced after a day of work. The strategy used to overcome the challenge of being able to talk with their partner was eating together. Finally , the main issues the couple talks about are: children, their jobs, and future plans as a family. The results of this study indicate that work and family as a factor in husband-wife communication, does not prevent women to efficiently develop their own patterns to be involved in their life work and in family life.