ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the development of measure of coping strategies, and analyzes the simple correlational relationships between the strategies used and the outcomes. It provides the results of multivariate analyses to assess the effects of using three general types of coping strategies on individuals' own work-family fit, well-being, and work-related outcomes. The chapter presents the results of crossover analyses that examine the effects of one spouse's use of coping strategies on the other spouse. It also discusses conceptualize coping strategies as resources that couples use to help them alleviate the demands of working and caring for children and aging parents. In fact, a spouse can even benefit from his or her partner's use of such strategies; wives, in particular, may benefit when their husbands use strategies to increase their emotional resources. Sandwiched generation would allow to determine what couples actually did to cope with their multiple work and family responsibilities and how the strategies they used affected their lives.
