הורים שעבדו מהבית בעת מגפת הקורונה: קונפליקט תפקידים וביטויי תוקפנות בזוגיות: קונפליקט תפקידים וביטויי תוקפנות בזוגיות

The present study investigates the correlation between the experience of work-family role conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic and expressions of marital aggression. Expressions of aggression were assessed in terms of hostility in current spousal relationships and adopting in appropriatemarital conflict management patterns: physical violence, verbal-emotionalviolence and avoiding conflict resolution. The research sample included 406 Jewish participants (206 women and 200 men) who worked from home at least three days a week during August 2020, and are parents toyoung and middle-childhood age children. The findings indicate a positive correlation between role conflict, marital hostility and the use of a pattern of verbal-emotional violence during conflict management.Furthermore, we observe that marital hostility mediates the relationship between role conflict and the use of inappropriate marital conflict management patterns. A negative correlation was also found between resources of flexibility in crisis management and relaxed communication inthe family, on one hand, and marital hostility and to use of physical violence patterns in marital conflict management. No differences were found between mothers and fathers in terms of role conflict experience orassessment of expressions of marital aggression.