Sharing housework between husbands and wives: how to improve marital satisfaction for working wives in Japan

Kobayashi, Mayu; Kobayashi, Miki; Okumura, Tsunao; Usui, Emiko

doi:10.1186/s40173-016-0074-9

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“…Lack of emotional support from a partner is also closely related to anxiety during the pregnancy or postnatal period 36 . In families where responsibilities are shared, spouses and partners have a more positive view of family life, have improved partner relationships, and higher levels of marital satisfaction 37 . The situation for single mothers is quite different, and the sole responsibility of caring for a baby may cause depression and anxiety disorders which may have a negative effect on maternal attachment.…”

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Assessment of mental health issues in pregnant women with fetal complications: Relation to attachment and anxiety

Keskin

Gümüşsoy

Yıldırım

2021

Perspect Psychiatric Care

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Purpose: Pregnancy period is important for all women. The aim of this study was to evaluate mental status, antenatal depression, attachment, and anxiety in pregnant women with fetal complications.Design and Methods: Mothers who had been diagnosed with fetal complications during pregnancy were interviewed after the delivery of their babies. Findings:The results showed that anxiety and depression scores were significantly higher in the mothers who had received psychiatric support treatment. Maternal attachment scores were found low, depression scores were found high in mothers of children with congenital anomalies. Conclusion:According to the results of the study, a maternal attachment was low and depression was high in mothers with congenital anomalies.Practice Implications: Possible psychological problems after birth can be prevented by psychotherapeutic nursing interventions during pregnancy to pregnant women who have babies with fetal anomalies.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of mental health issues in pregnant women with fetal complications: Relation to attachment and anxiety

Keskin

Gümüşsoy

Yıldırım

2021

Perspect Psychiatric Care

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“…Since men in heterosexual marriages are more likely to be affected by spousal social control, 37 the absence of a spouse may increase unhealthy behaviors especially in men. Although Japan is a country in which traditional familism is valued, and housework and meal preparation are overwhelmingly performed by women, 20,21 the effects of marital transitions on vegetable intake may show similar trends across cultures. Further studies are needed to elucidate gender differences in the effects of marital transitions on dietary habits.…”

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“…Because of the historical and cultural background of familism and gender specialization in East Asian societies, there is an expectation that women, more so than men, will perform household tasks, including food preparation. 20,21 Thus, marital transitions may have a different impact on men and women in East Asia than in Western countries because of cultural differences in gender specialization. For example, the traditional dietary pattern in Japan is composed of high consumption of soybean products, fish, vegetables, and green tea.…”

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The Impact of Marital Transitions on Vegetable Intake in Middle-aged and Older Japanese Adults: A 5-year Longitudinal Study

Noguchi

Kondo

Nishiyama

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Journal of Epidemiology

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Background: Marital transitions are associated with adverse health events, such as mortality and cardiovascular disease. Since marital transitions (e.g., becoming widowed) are unavoidable life events, it is necessary to identify modifiable intermediate outcomes. Thus, we examined the association between marital transitions and vegetable intake among middleaged and older Japanese adults. Methods: This longitudinal study included Japanese adults aged 40-79 years who received an annual health checkup between 2007 and 2011 (baseline) and five years later (follow-up). Marital transitions were classified as whether and what type of transition occurred during the five-year period and comprised five groups: consistently married, married to widowed, married to divorced, not married to married, and remained not married. Changes in total vegetable, green and yellow vegetable, and light-colored vegetable intake from baseline to follow-up were calculated using the Food Frequency Questionnaire. Results: Data from 4813 participants were analyzed (mean age: 59.4 years; 44.1% women). Regarding marital transitions, 3,960 participants were classified as "consistently married," 135 as "married to widowed," 40 as "married to divorced," 60 as "not married to married," and 529 as "remained not married." Multivariable linear regression analysis revealed that compared to consistently married, married to widowed was inversely associated with the change in total vegetable intake (β =-16.64, SE = 7.68, p = 0.030) and light-colored A c c e p t e d V e r s i o n 4 vegetable intake (β =-11.46, SE = 4.33, p = 0.008). Conclusion: Our findings suggest that being widowed could result in a reduced intake of vegetables. Hence, dietary counseling according to marital situation is necessary.

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“…Furthermore, those women who never performed intermittent work (e.g., repairs) had the best relationship quality. Recently, a study by Kobayashi et al (2016) of more than 4,000 Japanese married women and men, confirmed that the women took on more housework than their husbands. They also found that spousal satisfaction of dual-earner couples increased as the share of housework performed on the weekdays by the other spouse increased, but this relationship was stronger among the women.…”

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Housework and Couple Satisfaction: Satisfaction with Housework Division and Gender Ideology among Italian Dual-Earner Couples

Antonelli¹

2018

IJGWS

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This article reports on a study that examined the division of housework in 105 Italian dual-earner couples and the relationships between this division, the participants' satisfaction with it, gender ideology, and couple satisfaction. The findings show that women devoted much more time to housework than men, performed a greater number of routine female tasks, and reported lower levels of satisfaction with housework arrangements. However, women and men did not differ in levels of couple satisfaction. Satisfaction with housework distribution was found to mediate the relationship between actual housework performance and couple satisfaction in different ways for women and men: Women's couple satisfaction was explained by satisfaction with the distribution of traditionally female (routine) tasks and men's couple satisfaction was linked to satisfaction with the distribution of hours devoted to housework. Gender ideology directly influenced couple satisfaction: Women and men with less traditional gender ideologies were more satisfied with their relationships.

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Sharing housework between husbands and wives: how to improve marital satisfaction for working wives in Japan

Cited by 13 publications

References 28 publications

Assessment of mental health issues in pregnant women with fetal complications: Relation to attachment and anxiety

Assessment of mental health issues in pregnant women with fetal complications: Relation to attachment and anxiety

The Impact of Marital Transitions on Vegetable Intake in Middle-aged and Older Japanese Adults: A 5-year Longitudinal Study

Housework and Couple Satisfaction: Satisfaction with Housework Division and Gender Ideology among Italian Dual-Earner Couples

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