Equalitarian Marriages, Spousal Support, Resourcefulness, and Psychological Distress among Israeli Working Women

Rosenbaum, Michael; Cohen, Einat

doi:10.1006/jvbe.1998.1644

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“…In the 1990s, studies that had results explicitly about spousal support also emerged (Grossbard-Shechtman & Izraeli, 1994;Fielden & Davidson, 1998;Rosenbaum & Cohen, 1999). Grossbard-Shechtman & Izraeli (1994) studied, for example, spousal support quantitatively with a sample of 869 men and women managers in Israel and concluded that spousal support was better explained for women than for men, but both genders recognized that the help of the spouse led to success in the workplace.…”

Section: Previous Research About Managers Spouses and Careersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They also found that cultural norms contribute to explaining spousal support: women managers received more support from a spouse who was of Western origin than from one of Eastern origin. Rosenbaum and Cohen (1999) suggested that spousal support can contribute to the level of stress: the lack of spousal support was assumed to be stressful because it might be taken to indicate to women that they did not fulfill what was expected of them as "good mothers and wives." Hence it was predicted that spousal support would be associated with women's distress level only in non-egalitarian marriages that were based on traditional role expectations, and not in egalitarian, role-sharing marriages.…”

Section: Previous Research About Managers Spouses and Careersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How do male managers narrate their female spouse ' s role in their career?

Heikkinen

2014

Gender in Management: An International Journal

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Purpose – The aim of this study is to investigate how male managers make meaning the role of their female spouses along with their careers. Design/methodology/approach – The topic was investigated within a Finnish context by analyzing the narratives of 29 male managers. Common to the men were their managerial position and extensive work experience. All the men had or had had one or more spouses during their careers, and all of them were fathers. Findings – A typology distinguishing four types of female spouses was constructed: supporting, balance-seeking, care-providing, and success-expecting types. These types describe the various roles that are constructed in relation to the female partner during a male manager ' s career, pointing out the ambiguous nature of the phenomenon. Originality/value – The study highlights that to understand more about male managers ' experience in their careers, the author needs to acknowledge how a male manager ' s career unfolds in tandem with their family life, as well as the norms and gender roles related to the family. Research approaches that enable examination from that perspective should be developed.

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Section: Previous Research About Managers Spouses and Careersmentioning

confidence: 99%

How do male managers narrate their female spouse ' s role in their career?

Heikkinen

2014

Gender in Management: An International Journal

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“…Thus, it is important to note that a woman's perception of her work and family roles may be a better predictor of stress than the actual number or extent of demands. In particular, circumstances that diminish perceptions of control (e.g., frustration with partner's family role, dissatisfaction with childcare arrangements) are likely to trigger increases in stress, whereas having appropriate resources for coping with stress (e.g., high resourcefulness, spousal support) may attenuate adverse health effects (Rosenbaum and Cohen, 1999;Tinger et al, 1996). Given the evidence that effectively coping with stress might lessen the negative effects of multiple roles on mental health, it would be prudent to identify effective means for handling stress.…”

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Physical Activity Intervention Effects on Perceived Stress in Working Mothers: The Role of Self-Efficacy

Mailey

McAuley

2014

Women & Health

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Working mothers often report elevated stress, and efforts to improve their coping resources are needed to buffer the detrimental effects of stress on health. This study examined the impact of changes in physical activity, self-efficacy, and self-regulation across the course of a brief intervention on subsequent levels of stress in working mothers. Participants (N=141) were randomly assigned to an intervention or control condition (2:1 ratio). The intervention was conducted in Illinois between March 2011-January 2012 and consisted of two group-mediated workshop sessions with content based on Social Cognitive Theory. Participants completed measures of physical activity, self-efficacy, self-regulation, and perceived stress at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and 6-month follow-up. Stress levels declined across the 6-month period in both groups. Changes in stress were negatively associated with changes in self-efficacy and self-regulation among intervention participants only. Regression analyses revealed the intervention elicited short-term increases in physical activity, self-efficacy, and self-regulation, but only changes in self-efficacy predicted perceived stress at 6-month follow-up. These results suggest that enhancing self-efficacy is likely to improve working mothers' perceived capabilities to cope with stressors in their lives. Future interventions should continue to focus on increasing self-efficacy to promote improvements in physical activity and psychological well-being in this population.

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“…Both emotional and informational support from a spouse may help restore morale and improve one's health and wellbeing (Adams, King and King, 1996;Aycan and Eskin, 2005;Verhofstadt, Buysse and Ickes, 2007). In addition, greater spousal support has been found to be associated with less work-family conflict (Rosenbaum and Cohen, 1999), greater psychological wellbeing and life satisfaction (LaRocco, House and French, 1980), and better marital adjustment (Frone, Russell and Cooper, 1992a).…”

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Occupational Similarity and Spousal Support: A Study of the Importance of Gender and Spouse's Occupation

Wallace¹,

Jovanovic²

2011

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This paper examines how gender and the occupation of one's spouse may explain differences in the amounts and types of spousal support individuals receive when coping with the stress of their job. We analyze survey data from a sample of married lawyers, some of whom are married to other lawyers and others who have spouses who are not lawyers. The results show that men receive more emotional support from their spouse than women, regardless of their spouse's occupation. In contrast, lawyers receive more informational support from their spouse if they are also a lawyer, regardless of their gender. These fi ndings suggest that wives provide more understanding and empathy to their spouses than husbands, consistent with the literature on gender diff erences in social support. Our fi ndings also suggest that when it comes to providing informational support in terms of sharing advice, suggestions, solutions or relevant experiences in solving a work-related problem, a spouse who is in the same occupation may be better able to provide support. This is consistent with the literature demonstrating the importance of shared experiences in understanding the eff ectives of social support. Future research might explore not only the importance of shared statuses, such as occupation, but also the meaning of shared experiences in order to better understand spouses' support of one another.

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Equalitarian Marriages, Spousal Support, Resourcefulness, and Psychological Distress among Israeli Working Women

Cited by 73 publications

References 17 publications

How do male managers narrate their female spouse ' s role in their career?

How do male managers narrate their female spouse ' s role in their career?

Physical Activity Intervention Effects on Perceived Stress in Working Mothers: The Role of Self-Efficacy

Occupational Similarity and Spousal Support: A Study of the Importance of Gender and Spouse's Occupation

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