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Employment, Parental Responsibility, and Psychological Distress
dc.contributor.authorWethington, Elaineen_US
dc.contributor.authorKessler, Ronald C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T18:51:07Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T18:51:07Z
dc.date.issued1989en_US
dc.identifier.citationWETHINGTON, ELAINE; KESSLER, RONALD (1989). "Employment, Parental Responsibility, and Psychological Distress." Journal of Family Issues 4(10): 527-546. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66791>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0192-513Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66791
dc.description.abstractThis article uses panel data from 745 married women in the Detroit Metropolitan Area to examine the mental health effects of employment and parenting status changes. Contrary to popular belief, the transition to parenting is not directly related to increases in psychological distress. Changes in employment status, however, are. Women who significantly increase their labor force participation report lower levels of psychological distress over the study period, while women who significantly decrease their labor force participation report higher psychological distress. The effects of labor force changes on mental health are not all modified by parenting status or changes in parenting status. The transition to parenting and increased parenting responsibilities, however, are indirectly related to increased psychological distress insofar as they result in decreased labor force participation. The implications of these results are used to evaluate four competing perspectives on the relationship between roles, stress, and psychological functioning.en_US
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dc.publisherSAGE PUBLICATIONSen_US
dc.titleEmployment, Parental Responsibility, and Psychological Distressen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSocial Worken_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSociologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherCornell Universityen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66791/2/10.1177_019251389010004006.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/019251389010004006en_US
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