Family/work roles' relation to perceived stress: Do gender and ethnicity matter? |
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Authors: | Peggy S Berger Alicia Skinner Cook Robert L DelCampo Ruth S Herrera Randy R Weigel |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Design, Merchandising, and Consumer Sciences, Colorado State University, 80525 Fort Collins, CO;(2) Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, 80525 Fort Collins, CO;(3) Department of Home Economics, New Mexico State University, 88003 Las Cruces, NM;(4) Las Cruces Public Schools, 88001 Las Cruces, NM;(5) Division of Home Economics, University of Wyoming, 82071 Laramie, WY |
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Abstract: | This exploratory research examines whether gender and ethnic differences exist in family- and work-related variables that
best predict perceived stress. The Anglo male (N=115) and female (N=199) and Mexican-American male (N=35) and female (N=85)
respondents each had the roles of employee, spouse, and parent. Data were collected by mail questionnaire from state-classified
employees at the three land-grant universities in Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming as part of Cooperative Regional Research
Project W-167. Regression analysis indicates that role overload is a significant predictor of stress for Anglo males and females
and Mexican-American females, thus providing some support for the role strain theory, which suggests that increasing the number
of roles drains personal resources and may increase stress. Satisfaction with family roles enters regression equations as
significant predictors for two sample groups. Other variables enter only one of the four regression equations; thus ethnicity
and gender differences are found in the variables predicting perceived stress and should be considered in future research
in this area.
The research was funded by the Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Stations as part of Cooperative Regional
Research Project, W-167, “Work, Stress, and Families.”
Her research interests include issues related to balancing work and family and to family resource management. She received
her Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University.
Her research interests include grief and loss issues and family support systems. She received her Ph.D. from Arizona State
University.
His research interest is minority families, and his Ph.D. is from Florida State University.
Her research interest is Latino family functioning. Her Ph.D. is from New Mexico State University.
His research interest is human resource development emphasizing ranching families. He received his Ph.D. from Iowa State University. |
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Keywords: | dual-income families overload stress work/family roles |
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