Does It Hurt to Care? Caregiving, Work-Family Conflict, and Midlife Well-Being

Marks, Nadine F.

doi:10.2307/353637

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“…Indeed, a large literature shows that it is quite common for working caregivers to report work absenteeism and decreased productivity due to caregiving duties, and that the need to balance work and eldercare has caused them worries, anxiety, and stress (Duxbury et al 2009;Edlund 2007;Gautun and Hagen 2010). Such implications may reflect the pressures of an employment structure not organized to facilitate employees' fulfillment of family-care responsibilities (Marks 1998). However, these stresses do not seem to affect global aspects of wellbeing, except among women who provide personal care in their home.…”

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Feeling the squeeze? The effects of combining work and informal caregiving on psychological well-being

Hansen¹,

Slagsvold²

2014

Eur J Ageing

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Does employment provide respite or add stress to caregivers? As a result of population aging and increasing female employment rates, growing numbers are facing the competing demands of paid work and caregiving. This study explores the effect of providing regular personal care by employment status on six dimensions of psychological well-being. We concentrate on partner and parent care recipients and differentiate between in-household and out-of-household caregiving. We use cross-sectional data from the Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation study (n = 11,047, age 25-64). Results indicate that out-of-household caregiving has no significant relationship with men or women's well-being, irrespective of employment status. In-household caregiving, however, relates to lower psychological well-being, but only among women who do not work full-time. The advantages of fulltime employment to caregivers may be due to greater opportunity to achieve the full benefits that this role has to offer. There is little to suggest that combining work and caregiving harms well-being. In fact, a ''double burden'' seems to be experienced by women who combine extensive caregiving with limited employment.

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Feeling the squeeze? The effects of combining work and informal caregiving on psychological well-being

Hansen¹,

Slagsvold²

2014

Eur J Ageing

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“…Malgré ce choix sur le plan professionnel, ces mères considèrent qu'il demeure difficile de gérer l'ensemble de leurs responsabilités (Cuskelly, Pulman, & Hayes, 1998;Fredriksen & Scharlach, 1999;Freedman et al, 1995;Higgins, Duxbury, & Johnson, 2000;Lewis et al, 2000a;Marks, 1998). D'autres mères faisant face à de nombreuses problématiques familiales rapportent des difficultés à s'impliquer dans un emploi rémunéré (Jansen et al, 2003;Porterfield, 2002;Roach et al, 1999;Shearn & Todd, 2000;Tétreault, 1993;Warfield, 2001).…”

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“…Des études démontrent que certaines caractéristiques des enfants sont associées aux exigences familiales de leur mère (Freedman et al, 1995;Greenhaus & Beutell, 1985;Jansen et al, 2003;Lewis et al, 2000aLewis et al, , 2000bMarks, 1998;Rosenzwig, Brennan, & Ogilvie, 2002). Ainsi, elles peuvent devenir des éléments catalyseurs de conflits interrôles.…”

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Exigences professionnelles et familiales, conflits interrôles et détresse psychologique des mères d'enfants ayant une déficience intellectuelle /

Tremblay¹

2005

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“…Research has revealed that the heavy burden of taking care of these children is mostly on mothers' shoulders not the fathers' (Marks, 1998). In fact, children with disabilities threaten the cooperation specificity and physical and mental health of parents, especially mothers (Emmons & McCullough, 2003) and often have negative effects on them (Saloviita, Itälinna, & Leinonen, 2003).…”

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Group Positive Psychotherapy Effect on Increasing the Happiness of Mothers of Children with Cochlear Implant

Falakaflaki¹,

Malekitabar²

2016

PCP

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Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the effects of group positive psychotherapy on increasing the happiness of mothers of children with cochlear implants. Methods:This study was a quasi-experimental research with pretest-posttest, a control group, and a 75-day follow-up design. A total of 20 mothers of children with cochlear implants treated in Baqiyatallah Hospital of Tehran City were randomly assigned to 2 groups (10 participants in the experimental and 10 participants in the control group). The experimental group received positive psychotherapy training during 10 sessions, 120 minutes in each session, one session per week and the control group received no interventions. Results:Research tool was Oxford Happiness Inventory, which was administered in 2 pretest and posttest steps and then the obtained data were analyzed using analysis of covariance method (ANCOVA). The results of ANCOVA showed that group positive psychotherapy was effective on happiness of mothers of children with cochlear implant (F 1, 17 =31.13, P<0.01). Conclusion:Group positive psychotherapy is an appropriate treatment approach to increase the happiness of mothers of children with cochlear implant.

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Does It Hurt to Care? Caregiving, Work-Family Conflict, and Midlife Well-Being

Cited by 171 publications

References 47 publications

Feeling the squeeze? The effects of combining work and informal caregiving on psychological well-being

Feeling the squeeze? The effects of combining work and informal caregiving on psychological well-being

Exigences professionnelles et familiales, conflits interrôles et détresse psychologique des mères d'enfants ayant une déficience intellectuelle /

Group Positive Psychotherapy Effect on Increasing the Happiness of Mothers of Children with Cochlear Implant

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