Unemployment Stress Affects Other Spouse’s Work Performance (PsychCentral):
In the study they examined daily stresses felt by married couples in which one spouse was employed and the other unemployed, and how that stress affected each spouse.
“One of the key findings in this study is that couples are better at sharing their burden than helping alleviate it,” Foo said.
“If you feel bad at home there is going to be spillover at work where you will also feel lousy. Going into the study we thought that marital support might help alleviate the stress of unemployment on the family unit, but it didn’t turn out to be the case.”