Social roles and subjective well‐being: A decomposition of race differences

Burton, Russell P. D.; Armstrong, David A.; Rushing, Beth

doi:10.1080/02732173.1993.9982042

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“…With respect to race differences within gender (columns 3 through 6), and also consistent with previous studies (e.g. Coleman et al, 1987;Burton et al, 1993;Rushing and Schwabe, 1995), Black women have fewer years of education, are more likely to be parents and are less likely to be married than White women. In addition, Black men report lower income compared to White men.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Consistent with previous research (e.g. Coleman et al, 1987;Burton et al, 1993;Rushing and Schwabe, 1995), Black women in this sample are proportionally more likely to be employed single parents than White women and men. In our sample, we find the same pattern for White women.…”

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“…The effect of specific combinations of work and family roles become more complex when researchers examine differences within. Burton et al (1993) find that Black women are more satisfied holding the parent/worker role combination than are White women, and that Black men are less satisfied holding the spouse/worker role combination than are their White counterparts. White men report lower distress than Black men, however, when their roles consist of parent and spouse only.…”

Section: Health: 9(3)mentioning

confidence: 77%

“…For instance, employment appears to be more beneficial for Black men than for White men in terms of both physical and mental health (Reskin and Coverman, 1985;Rushing et al, 1992). With respect to women, employed Black women appear to have lower levels of comparative health (Rushing and Schwabe, 1995) but higher levels of overall life satisfaction (Burton et al, 1993) than employed White women. Jackson (1997) finds that although employment decreases depression for both Blacks and Whites, the effect is greater for Blacks.…”

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Race differences in the relationship between role experiences and well-being

Marcussen

Piatt

2005

Health (London)

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Theory and research generally support the notion that social roles benefit subjective well-being. These conclusions, however, are largely based on studies examining Whites. Studies that have included Blacks have found race differences in the influence of social roles on well-being, yet most of these studies focus on role occupancy. With few exceptions, little attention has been paid to whether there are race differences in how individuals experience their roles, and the extent to which race differences in role experiences relate to differences in well-being. In this article we examine racial variation in the experience of work and family roles. We find that Blacks and Whites are similar in their experiences of role conflict and perceptions of role success and balance, but the association between these experiences and well-being varies, to some extent, by race and gender. The implications of these findings as well as suggestions for future research are discussed.

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2005

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“…Brown, 2002), psychological distress (Menaghan, 1989; Wheaton, 1990), and subjective well-being (e.g. Burton, Armstrong, & Rushing, 1993), and substance use (e.g. Burton, Johnson, Ritter, & Clayton, 1996; Schulenberg, Bachman, O’Malley, & Johnston, 1994).…”

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Social roles and alcohol consumption: A study of 10 industrialised countries

Kuntsche

Knibbe

Gmel

2009

Social Science & Medicine

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The empirical evidence as regards the precise association between alcohol use and social roles, and these associations across genders and cultures is heterogeneous. The literature tends to focus on two central but conflicting theories. The first - classic role theory - assumes that a higher number of social roles is associated with a more structured life and thus fewer opportunities to drink heavily. The second - the multiple burden hypothesis - posits that the increasing complexity of multiple social roles leads to higher stress levels, and thus to increased alcohol use. Survey data on 25- to 54-year olds in ten western industrialised countries which participate in the GenACIS project were used to test whether holding the three main social roles - partnership, parenthood, and paid labour - had a more protective or a more detrimental association with problematic alcohol use than holding fewer roles. Age and education were included as possible confounders, while the outcome variables were risky single occasion drinking (RSOD) and heavy-volume drinking. For both genders and in almost all countries, the study found that those who had all three roles were least likely to drink heavily or engage in RSOD, thus supporting the assumptions of classic role theory. It also found that the protective effect of multiple roles was more consistent for RSOD. There were a few countries where a two-role model gave a better fit. Results for Germany (RSOD), Switzerland, and the US (heavy volume) indicate that the role of paid labour appears to be particularly relevant for risky alcohol use among women. Despite some variability in the association between paid labour and heavy drinking or RSOD among women, in almost all countries the greater the number of roles a person held, the lower their risk of this type of alcohol use was.

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Social roles and subjective well‐being: A decomposition of race differences

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Race differences in the relationship between role experiences and well-being

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