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Where two roles intersect — spillover between parent care and employment
Author(s)	Mary Ann Parris Stephens, Melissa M Franks, Audie A Atienza
Journal title	Psychology and Aging, vol 12, no 1, March 1997
Pages	pp 30-37
Keywords	Daughters as carers ; Social roles ; Employment ; Well being ; Stress ; Depression ; United States of America.
Annotation	This research examined how the roles of parent care and employment in a sample of 105 employed adult daughter caregivers affect one another, both positively and negatively, and how such spillover is related to psychological well-being. Path analyses indicated that a negative spillover was an important mediating mechanism in the relationship between role stress and depression. In contrast, no evidence was found to suggest that positive spillover mediated the relationship between role satisfaction and positive affect. Findings extend previous research which has documented that caregiving and employment can interfere with one another, by demonstrating that such spillover has implications for caregivers' emotional health.
Accession Number	CPA-971120235 A
Classmark	P6:SSH: TM5: WJ: D:F:5HH: QNH: ENR: 7T
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