The Effect of Children on The Mental Health of Women in The Paid Labor Force  

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Roxburgh, Susan

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Family Issues vol. 18 no. 3 (1997), page 270-289.
Topik: MENTAL HEALTH; mental heatlh; women; paid labor
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Previous research regarding the effect of children on mental health is mixed, with some studies suggesting that mothers are more depressed than their childless counterparts, and others finding no difference. Using a sample of 500 Canadian women, I test how resources and demands in the primary roles of parent, worker, and partner account for variation in the mental health of employed women. Demands are measured as job demands and as chronic strains in home roles. Resources are measured as job control and as partner support. Results indicate that when partner support and job control are high or average, employed mothers are significantly less distressed than employed non mothers. Conversely, when role demands are high and resources are low, mothers are significantly more distressed than non mothers. These results are discussed with respect to the interrelationships between social roles, resources, and mental health, and in terms of directions for future research.

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