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Centrality of women's multiple roles
— beneficial and detrimental consequences for psychological well-being | | Author(s) | Lynn M Martire, Mary Ann Parris Stephens, Aloen L Townsend |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 15, no 1, March 2000 |
| Pages | pp 148-156 |
| Keywords | Women as carers ; Daughters as carers ; Wives ; Mother ; Ethnic groups ; Social roles ; Well being ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Theorists have proposed that greater centrality (personal importance) of a social role is associated with better psychological well-being, but that role centrality exacerbates the negative effects of stress in that same social role on well-being. The present study found evidence to support the hypothesis in a sample of 296 women who simultaneously occupied the roles of parent care provider, mother, wife and employee. Greater centrality of all four roles was related to better psychological well-being. As predicted, wife centrality exacerbated the effects of wife stress on life satisfaction, and employee centrality exacerbated the effects of employee stress on depressive symptoms. Contrary to prediction, centrality of the mother role buffered women from the negative effects of mother stress on depressive symptoms. These findings point to an aspect of role identity that can benefit well-being, but this has complex effects in the context of role stress. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000613413 A |
| Classmark | P6:SH: P6:SSH: SNW: SRM: TK: TM5: D:F:5HH: 7T |
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