Peculiarities of Intrafamilial Relations of Married Couple With Different Levels of Occupational Employment

The article theoretically investigates and experimentally identifiesthe impact of professional activities of spouses associatedwith increased employment on the peculiarities of relationshipsand conflicts in the family. Theoretical approaches to the studyof changes in family roles in connection with the professionalactivities of spouses are analyzed. It has been experimentally establishedthat high employment of spouses in professional activitieshas a negative impact on their marital relations: the levelof conflict, the sphere of interaction, marital satisfaction andits stability. The resulting scatter and variability of indicatorsis explained by the use of subjective assessments of the spousesof their marriage. The highest level of conflict in families wheremen and women have high professional employment in professionalactivities was found in the areas of: role-playing, mutualawareness, leisure. In families where wives have a higher employmentrate than husbands, the level of conflict is higher in allareas of marital interaction. The data obtained indicate that theprocess of adaptation of spouses to the new conditions of professionalactivity associated with high professional employment, the requirements of corporate traditions, and others. The reasons aredifficult and pose a number of serious problems for spouses (thenumber of stable families decreases, the number of unstable andeven troubled families increases).