Physical Symptoms and the Interplay of Work and Family Roles

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• Personal Author:
  Barnett RC ; Davidson H ; Marshall NL
• Description:
  The paradigm underlying research on the relationship between work and physical-health symptoms in men has focused on workplace stressors and has ignored men's family roles. Research on women, work, and health suggests several necessary additions to this paradigm, including (a) a focus on job rewards and job concerns and (b) attention to the impact of family roles on the relationship between job rewards and concerns and physical health. We included these variables in a study of a disproportionate random sample of 403 employed 25- to 55-year-old women. Major findings are that (a) work rewards (e.g., helping others at work) are related to reports of low levels of physical symptoms; (b) work concerns (e.g., overload) are associated with reports of high levels of physical symptoms; (c) particular work rewards, which may be different for women than for men, mitigate the negative health effects of work concerns; (d) among employed mothers, satisfaction with salary is negatively related to physical-health symptoms; and (e) women in positive marriages or partnerships were more likely to reap physical-health benefits from the rewards of helping others at work and from supervisor support. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Stress, Psychological Women
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Work Families Family Gender Factors Gender Roles Health Effects Job Stress Psychological Factors Psychology Symptoms
• ISSN:
  0278-6133
• 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:
  94-101
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059031
• Citation:
  Health Psychol 1991 Mar; 10(2):94-101
• Contact Point Address:
  Rosalind C. Barnett, Adult Lives Project, Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02181
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Performing Organization:
  Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19840401
• Source Full Name:
  Health Psychology
• End Date:
  19901130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:322fb5f3dd70de8b542d2593b497aee59bacd58d4d0c277681f4ee7107d43ea59f4d7a44d877588e2753fcd1f513a7c1102ae2f6d4d4984fc8324882488de19a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223362/cdc_223362_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 995.55 KB ]