Women and Gender in Research on Work and Family Stress

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• Personal Author:
  Barnett RC ; Baruch GK ; Biener L
• Description:
  Research on work-related stress has tended to focus on males and to neglect gender as a variable; often, findings from studies of men are incorrectly generalized to women. The failure to "build women in" to conceptual models has impaired our understanding of both work and family role stressors. This article focuses on assumptions, gaps, and biases in the literature; the home, for example, has been viewed as a stress-free sanctuary, whereas workplace stress has been overemphasized and seen as particularly dangerous for women. To better understand the costs and benefits of employment and of multiple roles for women, and the stressfulness of family roles, more attention to the qualitative aspects of roles is needed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Women
• Keywords:
  Humans Job-stress Mental-stress Psychological-disorders Psychological-stress
• ISSN:
  0003-066X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  130-136
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037421
• Citation:
  Am Psychol 1987 Feb; 42(2):130-136
• Contact Point Address:
  Wellesley College Center for Research on Women Wellesley, Mass 02181
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• NORA Priority Area:
  Psychologic Disorders
• Performing Organization:
  Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19840401
• Source Full Name:
  American Psychologist
• End Date:
  19901130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e4066451ab6ea3aeb0e7d50f08a93520a5043837a44afc0c9d5da9c7caa0c60c6fa80db715d50f627552fe3523ad306fbb2b028d8cbcb83840001f3c01f53147
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188519/cdc_188519_DS1.pdf
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