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Stress researchers traditionally have focused on stressful life events that people experience personally, ignoring the potentially disruptive effects of stressful events experienced by family members and friends. This study examines the effects of husbands' job stressors on the emotional health of their wives. The hypotheses were tested with interview data from 1,383 married women living in a metropolitan area and with panel data from a small subset (n = 92) of women who were reinterviewed after three months. Husbands' stressors were associated with significantly elevated symptom levels in their wives. Wives' elevated distress was not linked to increased vulnerability to other stressors or to parenting and work demands in the wake of their spouses' job misfortunes. Nor did husbands' job difficulties reduce their ability to provide advice and guidance to their wives. Access to social support did not moderate the impact …