Parents in dual-earner couples use family resources to balance work and other life roles, which can influence not only their own well-being, but that of their partner. Following the theories of conservation of resources and role balance, in the present study we proposed that family support is positively associated with life satisfaction, directly and via work-life balance, in dyads of different-sex dual-earner parents with adolescent children 10–17 years-old. Questionnaires were administered to 303 different-sex dual-earner couples in Temuco, Chile. Both parents answered the family subscale of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Work-Life Balance Scale, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Analyses were conducted using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model and structural equation modelling. Results showed positive associations for each parent from family support to life satisfaction, directly and via work-life balance. Crossover associations were only found from fathers to mothers—namely, fathers’ family support had a positive effect on mothers’ work-life balance, as did father’s work-life balance on mother’s life satisfaction. Overall, men’s resources had a positive effect on their female partner’s role balance and well-being. Results are discussed by considering gender dynamics in the work-life interface.

双职工夫妇的父母利用家庭资源来平衡工作和其他生活角色，这不仅会影响他们自己的幸福，还会影响他们伴侣的幸福。根据资源节约和角色平衡的理论，在本研究中，我们提出家庭支持与生活满意度呈正相关，直接或通过工作-生活平衡，在有青春期孩子的异性双职工父母 10- 17岁。对智利特木科的 303 对不同性别的双职工夫妇进行了问卷调查。父母双方都回答了感知社会支持多维量表、工作-生活平衡量表和生活满意度量表的家庭分量表。使用参与者-合作伙伴相互依赖模型和结构方程模型进行分析。结果显示，从家庭支持到生活满意度，每个父母都直接或通过工作与生活的平衡产生了积极的联系。交叉关联仅在父亲与母亲之间发现——即父亲的家庭支持对母亲的工作与生活平衡有积极影响，父亲的工作与生活平衡对母亲的生活满意度也有积极影响。总体而言，男性的资源对其女性伴侣的角色平衡和幸福感产生了积极影响。通过考虑工作与生活界面中的性别动态来讨论结果。男性的资源对其女性伴侣的角色平衡和幸福感产生了积极影响。通过考虑工作与生活界面中的性别动态来讨论结果。男性的资源对其女性伴侣的角色平衡和幸福感产生了积极影响。通过考虑工作与生活界面中的性别动态来讨论结果。