When subjects assess the items, do they report an "objective" status or use the item cues to author a subjective status? Is there possible that self-reported conflict has no relationship with that reported by significant others? Which conflict (self-report vs. other-report) makes more sense?
A model of the relationship between work and family that incorporates variables from both the work-family conflict and social support literature which related bidirectional work-family conflict, family instrumental and emotional social support, and job and family involvement to job and life satisfaction. Data came from 163 workers who were living with at least 1 family member. Results suggested that relationships between work and family can have an important effect on job and life satisfaction and that the level of involvement the worker assigns to work and family roles is associated with this relationship. The results also suggested that the relationship between work and family can be simultaneously characterized by conflict and support. Higher levels of work interfering with family predicted lower levels of family emotional and instrumental support. Higher levels of family emotional and instrumental support were associated with lower levels of family interfering with work.
Source: Adams, G. A., King, L. A., & King, D. W. (1996). Relationships of job and family involvement, family social support, and work–family conflict with job and life satisfaction. Journal of applied psychology, 81(4), 411. Retrieved from http://cyb.ox.or.kr/lms_board/bbs_upload/%C2%FC%B0%ED2-1.pdf
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