Even Supermoms Get the Blues: Employment, Gender Attitudes, and Depression

Leupp, Katrina

doi:10.1177/2156869318785406

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“…This finding is noteworthy. Given gender differences in family obligations, expectations about social roles, and network composition, women may experience higher levels of stress and strain that emanate from network ties (“tethering”; Leupp 2019; Simon 2020; Thoits 2011). For example, a larger personal network may reflect more caregiving obligations and other support demands.…”

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Personal Network Size and Social Accompaniment: Protective or Risk Factor for Momentary Loneliness, and for Whom?

Goldman

Compernolle

2023

Society and Mental Health

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Personal networks yield important health benefits for individuals, in part by providing more opportunities to be in the company of others throughout daily life. Social accompaniment is generally believed to protect against momentary feelings of loneliness, although this hypothesis remains understudied. We examine how personal network size shapes older adults’ experiences of momentary loneliness and whether this association varies by momentary social accompaniment. We use three waves of ecological momentary assessments (EMA; N = 12,359) and personal network data from 343 older adults in the Chicago Health and Activity Space in Real-Time study. Older adults with large personal networks experienced more intense momentary loneliness compared with those with smaller social networks when they were momentarily alone. This association was more pronounced among men. We discuss how research approaches that bridge global and momentary measures of social connectedness can reveal important nuances of our understanding of how interpersonal factors influence later-life well-being over time.

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Personal Network Size and Social Accompaniment: Protective or Risk Factor for Momentary Loneliness, and for Whom?

Goldman

Compernolle

2023

Society and Mental Health

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“…The second component of socioeconomic status, employment, might also impact gender stereotypes. Researchers have shown that, particularly among women, homemakers have more traditional gender attitudes than do people who work outside the home ( Leupp, 2019 ). In this case, people might endorse the societal expectations that women carry more of the childrearing duties than men and therefore, through their homemaking duties, further develop their traditional gender attitudes.…”

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Gender stereotypes and their correlates: the moderating role of voluntary sports club membership

Wicker,

Cunningham

2023

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionThis study examined the correlates of gender stereotypes and the moderating role of membership in a voluntary sports club. Drawing on the contact hypothesis, this study argues that gender stereotypes are lower when individuals regularly have the opportunity to meet and play sport with such people, for example in a voluntary sports club.MethodsSurvey data from the European Values Study are used for the analysis (n = 36,185; 30 countries). Gender stereotypes are measured with statements on gender role attributes.ResultsRegression results show that membership in a voluntary sports club, being a student, income, and living in a more gender equal country significantly reduce gender stereotypes. On the contrary, male gender, living in a partnership, having children, lower and medium education, part-time employment, self-employment, unemployment, being a home maker, and living in a small town are correlates of higher gender stereotypes. Interacting the latter correlates with sports club membership support its moderating effect in the sense that most correlates turn insignificant or have smaller coefficients. The only variables retaining their coefficient size are self-employment and living in a small town.DiscussionThe findings support the contact hypothesis and suggest that sports clubs are places that lessen gender stereotypes.

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“…2016), exposing them to greater risk of stress, depression, and other negative health consequences (Grant et al, 2013;Leupp, 2018).…”

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Improving well-being in working mothers: well-being levels and intervention to mitigate the negative impact of maternal guilt

Morgan

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Maternal guilt is well-known, often pervasive, and woefully understudied. This research sought to understand the insufficiently researched topic of maternal guilt, and to devise and evaluate an intervention to mitigate the negative impact of maternal guilt and raise overall well-being. Using a mixed methods approach, a survey and interview protocol was designed to assess a baseline level of well-being among the population of working mothers that responded to solicitations distributed through social media and professional networks. 142 working mothers provided responses to the survey, designed to assess their well-being as measured by PERMA element, with 8 self-selecting for subsequent interviews.Results of the initial research cycle, which was comprised of the survey and interviews, showed that the majority of working mothers experienced maternal guilt on a pervasive basis. Using the survey and interview data, an intervention was designed. This intervention took the form of a 6-week workshop exploring the topic of maternal guilt and using scientifically validated psychological strategies for mitigating the impact of negative emotions. Participants in the workshop took the original survey prior to the commencement of the workshop, in the last week, and again at the 4-month post workshop point. Upon conclusion of the workshop, and at the subsequent follow-up point, all participants reported a decrease in feelings of maternal guilt and increases in overall well-being. This research is important as it specifically studied the insufficiently researched topic of maternal guilt and its impact on the overall well-being of working mothers. The research and results should be of interest to both the psychological community and the organizational community and provide interest for additional study.

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Even Supermoms Get the Blues: Employment, Gender Attitudes, and Depression

Cited by 4 publications

References 88 publications

Personal Network Size and Social Accompaniment: Protective or Risk Factor for Momentary Loneliness, and for Whom?

Personal Network Size and Social Accompaniment: Protective or Risk Factor for Momentary Loneliness, and for Whom?

Gender stereotypes and their correlates: the moderating role of voluntary sports club membership

Improving well-being in working mothers: well-being levels and intervention to mitigate the negative impact of maternal guilt

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