Juggling multiple roles: Perceptions of working mothers
Performing multiple roles does not necessarily lead to the occurence of strain in everyday life. We examined the work and family factors that have been hypothesized in the research literature to influence the occurence of stress among working mothers. Results indicated that a partner's work-fam...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Social science journal (Fort Collins) 1996-04, Vol.33 (2), p.183-191 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Performing multiple roles does not necessarily lead to the occurence of strain in everyday life. We examined the work and family factors that have been hypothesized in the research literature to influence the occurence of stress among working mothers. Results indicated that a partner's work-family spillover and dissatisfaction with child-care arrangements in the family were associated with perceived stress. Sense of control, then, was an important determinant of whether stress developed among the working mothers in our sample. |
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ISSN: | 0362-3319 1873-5355 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0362-3319(96)90035-X |