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Stress of parent care — positive and negative effects of women's other roles
Author(s)	Mary Ann Parris Stephens, Aloen L Townsend
Journal title	Psychology and Aging, vol 12, no 2, June 1997
Pages	pp 376-386
Keywords	Stress ; Women as carers ; Social roles ; Employees ; Well being ; United States of America.
Annotation	This study focuses on 296 women who were primary caregivers to an ill or disabled parent or parent-in-law, and who simultaneously occupied the roles of mother, wife, and employee. All lived in separate households from their impaired parent, and had at least one child aged 25 or younger living at home. It was predicted that the stress in the mother, wife, and employee roles would exacerbate the effects of stress in the parent care role on psychological well-being (depression and life satisfaction), and that rewards in these additional roles would buffer the effects of parent care stress. Findings support the stress exacerbation hypothesis for all three roles, and underscore the complex relationships that often exist between women's multiple role experiences and their psychological well-being.
Accession Number	CPA-971120268 A
Classmark	QNH: P6:SH: TM5: WK: D:F:5HH: 7T
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