Sometimes a spouse may have a bad day at work and returns home to verbally abuse the family.This is referred to as:

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Spillover refers to the phenomenon where negative emotions from one area of a person's life, such as work, spill over and affect their behavior and interactions with others in a different area, such as their family. In this case, the spouse's bad day at work is spilling over into verbal abuse of the family.

Sometimes a Spouse May Have a Bad Day at Work