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Change in the centrality of women's multiple roles
— effects of role stress and rewards | | Author(s) | Tina R Norton, Mary Ann Parris Stephens, Lynn M Martire |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 1, January 2002 |
| Pages | pp S52-S62 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Daughters as carers ; Mother ; Wives ; Employees ; Stress ; Social roles ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 182 midlife American women were interviewed at two time points, about one year apart, to examine change versus stability over the year in four social roles: parent care-provider, mother, wife and employee. Participants were asked to rate the personal importance of each role on a scale of 1 to 10. Stress and rewards in each role were also assessed. Analysis revealed considerable change in role centrality, especially in the parent-care and employee roles. Increase in wife and employee stress were associated with decreases in the centrality of these roles, whereas increases in rewards in each of the four roles were related to increases in the centrality of the respective roles. When considered simultaneously, role rewards were stronger predictors of change in centrality than role stress. These findings suggest that the centrality of a social role can change over time in response to stressful and rewarding role experiences. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020305221 A |
| Classmark | BD: P6:SSH: SRM: SNW: WK: QNH: TM5: 3J: 7T |
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