Female Clerical Workers' Perceived Work and Nonwork Stress and Dissatisfaction as Predictors of Psychological Distress

Johnson, Jocelyn J.

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“…This perspective arose as a counter to the postwar, male-based view of home as a haven from the stressors of the outside world, and the perception of females' participation in work outside the home as detrimental to family life, and emphasized the concept of domestic roles being intrinsically unsatisfying or unfulfilling for some women, and associated with depression and mental ill-health (Brown, Bhrolchain & Harris, 1975;Haw, 1982). This approach has been adopted in many studies of the relationship between home and work, carried out in mainly female participants, with the weight of evidence suggesting that involvement in occupational roles offers opportunities for self-growth or fulfilment and is therefore associated with greater mental well-being (Baruch, Biener & Barnett, 1987;Campbell, Campbell & Kennard, 1994;Haw, 1982;Johnson, 1989;Kandel, Davies & Raveis, 1985;Kopp & Ruzicka, 1993;Nelson, Quick, Hitt & Moesel, 1990).…”

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Occupational stress and family life: A comparison of male and female doctors

Swanson

Power

Simpson

1998

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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Characteristics of medical work suggest that doctors are especially vulnerable to stress between work and home. The present study adopted a theoretical approach towards the study of the relationship between occupational stress and home life in doctors in Scotland, comparing male and female general practitioners (GPs) and specialist consultants. First, the relationship between role complexity and occupational stress, workload, job satisfaction and domestic stress and satisfaction was examined. Second, the theory of asymmetric permeability of occupational and domestic roles was used to compare the impact of work‐to‐home (WH) and home‐to‐work (HW) stress. Gender and medical speciality differences were considered as intervening variables. Increased role complexity was related to stress for both male and female doctors in the study, suggesting an increasing convergence in the occupational and domestic roles of male and female doctors. Higher levels of occupational stress were also recorded for WH variables than HW variables for both male and female doctors, confirming the asymmetric permeability of such roles, and failing to identify significant gender differences in this asymmetry. Role complexity was related to reduced occupational workload for females only, and to increased domestic workload for male and female doctors. Aspects of occupational and domestic stress were significantly related to increased role complexity, although role complexity was not significantly related to job satisfaction. When medical specialities were compared, GPs were found to record greater stress in the home/work interface than consultants.

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Occupational stress and family life: A comparison of male and female doctors

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Power

Simpson

1998

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“…L'âge des enfants constitue un facteur susceptible d'influencer la santé mentale des mères (Froberg et al, 1986;Parry, 1986). Bien que les résultats des recherches soient contradictoires (Guelzow et al, 1991;Lewis et Cooper, 1987;McLanahan et Adams, 1987;Schwartzberg et Dytell, 1988), plusieurs auteurs estiment qu'avoir un ou plusieurs enfants d'âge préscolaire représente un facteur de risque (Barnett, 1982;Johnson, 1989;Parry, 1986).…”

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Vécu dans les rôles féminins, soutien, conflit travail-famille et symptomatologie dépressive

Streit¹,

Tanguay²

2007

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Malgré le grand nombre de recherches portant sur le lien entre le cumul des rôles et la santé mentale des mères actives sur le marché du travail, il demeure malaisé de cerner les facettes de leur vécu qui sont déterminantes pour la santé mentale. À l'aide d'un échantillon composé de 250 femmes oeuvrant dans le secteur du secrétariat et âgées entre 25 et 45 ans, la présente recherche avait pour objectif d'identifier les caractéristiques du vécu féminin associées à la symptomatologie dépressive lorsque l'on considère de façon simultanée les expériences dans les rôles de travailleuse, de conjointe et de mère de même que le soutien aux rôles et le conflit travail-famille. Les données suggèrent l'apport marquant de trois aspects du vécu féminin à la détresse psychologique: une mauvaise qualité de la relation conjugale; des attitudes critiques du conjoint envers l'activité de travail de sa compagne; et un niveau élevé de conflit travail-famille. D'autre part, il semble qu'avoir vécu l'expérience d'avoir une mère qui combinait travail et maternité exerce une influence positive.Despite widespread research on the link between an accumulation of roles and the mental health of working mothers, it remains difficult to identify those aspects of life experiences that are crucial to ensuring mental health. This research is based on data collected from a group of 250 women, between the ages of 25 and 45, who work in the secretarial field. Its purpose: to identify the characteristics of women's life experiences associated with depressive symptomatology when three realms are considered simultaneously: life experiences in the roles of worker, spouse and mother, support in assuming these roles and work-family conflict. Data suggests a significant contribution to psychological distress stemming from three aspects of female life experience: conjugal relations of poor quality, the partner's critical attitudes toward the woman's work activities and a high level of work-family conflict. On a different note, it appears that having a mother who combines work and maternity exerts a positive influence

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The psychosocial work environment and skin symptoms among visual display terminal workers: a case referent study

Eriksson¹

1997

International Journal of Epidemiology

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Female Clerical Workers' Perceived Work and Nonwork Stress and Dissatisfaction as Predictors of Psychological Distress

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Occupational stress and family life: A comparison of male and female doctors

Occupational stress and family life: A comparison of male and female doctors

Vécu dans les rôles féminins, soutien, conflit travail-famille et symptomatologie dépressive

The psychosocial work environment and skin symptoms among visual display terminal workers: a case referent study

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