Partners’ Overwork and Individuals’ Wellbeing and Experienced Relationship Quality

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• Personal Author:
  Berkman, Lisa F. ; Buxton, Orfeu M. ; Kelly, Erin L. ; Shafer, Emily F.
• Description:
  In this paper, using high quality data from the Work, Family, and Health Network in a sample of IT workers in the US (N = 590), we examine whether partners' long work hours are associated with individuals' perceived stress, time adequacy with partner, and relationship quality, and whether these relationships vary by gender. In addition, following the marital stress model, we investigate whether any negative correlation between partners' long work hours and relationship quality is mediated by time adequacy or perceived stress. We find that women partnered to men who work long hours (50 or more hours per week) have significantly higher perceived stress and significantly lower time adequacy and relationship quality compared to women partnered to men who work a standard full-time work week (35-49 hours). Further, the increased stress associated with being partnered to a man who overworks, not lower time adequacy, mediates the negative relationship between overwork and relationship quality. Conversely, we find that men partnered to women who work long hours report no differences in stress, time adequacy, or relationship quality than men who are partnered to women who work a standard full-time work week. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Dual-earner Gender Factors Job Stress Long Work Hours Multiple Roles Total Worker Health TWH Wellbeing Work-family Balance Work Hours Work Schedules

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• ISSN:
  1366-8803
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  20 pdf pages
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066613
• Citation:
  Community Work Fam 2018 Aug; 21(4):410-428
• Contact Point Address:
  Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer, Department of Sociology, Portland State University, Portland, OR
• Email:
  emily.shafer@pdx.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050901
• Source Full Name:
  Community, Work & Family
• End Date:
  20081130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7a93a1ef6303a88a8eca54fb28da8d3e3f52043e67fb1d4705aac1589d59da4f557ea4ceeb6779165cdb370a7cbd03f90724b537be3e38cc06982aac11b69cf6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230684/cdc_230684_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.24 MB ]