Boundary-spanning work demands and their consequences for guilt and psychological distress

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• Personal Author:
  Glavin P ; Reid S ; Schieman S
• Description:
  Using data from a national survey of working Americans (Work, Stress, and Health Survey; N = 1,042), the authors examine the associations between boundary-spanning work demands and self-reported feelings of guilt and distress. The authors document gender differences in the emotional and mental health consequences of boundary-spanning work demands, as indexed by the frequency of receiving work-related contact outside of normal work hours. Specifically, the authors observe that frequent work contact is associated with more feelings of guilt and distress among women only. Analyses also demonstrate that guilt accounts for the positive association between the frequency of work contact and distress among women. Statistical adjustments for levels of guilt reduce the positive association between frequent work contact and distress among women to nonsignificance. The findings underscore the importance of focusing on gender and emotions in work-family interface processes, as well as their implications for psychological health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Men Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires Women
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Boundary-spanning Work Demands Emotional-stress Families Guilt Health-surveys Information-retrieval-systems Job-stress Mental-health Mental-stress Psychological-effects Psychological-reactions Psychological Distress Role Blurring Work-family Work-operations Work-practices Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0022-1465
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  43-57
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038879
• Citation:
  J Health Soc Behav 2011 Mar; 52(1):43-57
• Contact Point Address:
  Paul Glavin, Department of Sociology, 725 Spadina Ave., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 2J4 Canada
• Email:
  paul.galvin@utoronto.ca
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of Toronto
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Health and Social Behavior
• End Date:
  20090831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:14a51901bd28663e2aafa1973900326442e3c4f2dffcf4bd98cf23ad7822f818dbe1a90785e3f640134283951116466d88528581dc20156d06596ba63afcb0e0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192420/cdc_192420_DS1.pdf
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