Interpersonal communication in dual-income couples: Challenges and strategies of mexican women to communicate with their partner
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.
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Galinsky, E., Bond, J. T., & Friedman, D. E. The Changing Workforce. Highlights of the
National Study. New York, N.Y: Families and Work Institute (1993).
Franco, P. (2000). Profile-México: Re-writing the book on gender relations. Interpress
Service, February, 29. Global Information Network.
Cunningham, W. (2001). Breadwinner versus caregiver: Labor force participation and
sectorial choice over the Mexican business cycle. In E. G. Katz & M. C. Correia (Eds.)
The economics of gender in México. Work, family, and market (pp. 85-129)
Washington, DC: The World Bank.
Perry-Jenkins, M., Reppetti, R. L., & Crouter, A. C. (2000). Work and family in the
1990s. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62, 981-998.
Burleson, B. R., & Denton, W. H. (1997). The relationship between communication skill
and marital satisfaction: Some moderating effects. Journal of Marriage and the Family,
59, 884-902.
Turner, & West (2000). Perspectives on Family Communication. 2nd ed. Boston:
McGraw Hill.
Voydanoff, P. (1989). Work and family: A review and expanded conceptualization. In E.
B. Goldsmith (Ed.), Work and Family. Theory, research and applications. Newbury, CA:
Sage, pp. 1-17.
Shellenberger , S. & Hoffman, S. S. (1995). The changing family-work system. In R. H.
Mikesell & D. Lusterman (Eds.), Integrating Family Therapy: Handbook of Family
Psychology and Systems Theory. Washington, DC: APA., p. 465
Holder, D. P., & Anderson, C. M. (1989).Women in families. A framework for family
therapy. In M. McGoldrick, C.M. Anderson and F. Walsh (Eds.) NY: W.W. Norton &
company, p. 371.
Gonzalez Alfita, M. E. (2010). Interpersonal communication in dual-income couples: Challenges and strategies of mexican women to communicate with their partner. Fonseca, Journal of Communication, (1), 71–80. Retrieved from https://revistas.usal.es/cuatro/index.php/2172-9077/article/view/12877
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