10.1177/0192513X05280992Journal of Family IssuesHart, Kelley / Work and Family Issues Fathers ’ and Mothers’ Work and Family Issues as Related to Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior

Relationships between work and family variables and children’s internaliz-ing and externalizing behavior are examined in 132 dual-earner couples of preschool-age children. Mothers ’ and fathers ’ parenting stress and mothers’ work-family conflict predict children’s internalizing behavior; mothers’work-family conflict, mothers ’ and fathers ’ parenting stress, the number of hours fathers ’ worked, and mothers ’ beliefs about father involvement predict exter-nalizing symptoms in children. Results are discussed in terms of the impor-tance of mothers’and fathers’work and family issues for children’s behavior