Nonstandard Work Schedules and Marital Instability

Presser, Harriet B.

doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00093.x

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“…For women married more than 5 years, working nights increased the likelihood by three times. No effects of non-standard work schedules on marital stability were found for couples without children (Presser, 2000).…”

Section: Consequences For Partners' Psychological Well-being and Marimentioning

confidence: 90%

Working time arrangements and social consequences – What do we know?

Albertsen¹,

Kauppinen²,

Grimsmo³

et al. 2008

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Section: Consequences For Partners' Psychological Well-being and Marimentioning

confidence: 90%

Working time arrangements and social consequences – What do we know?

Albertsen¹,

Kauppinen²,

Grimsmo³

et al. 2008

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“…For example, a welldesigned cohort study that followed more than 13,000 men and women found that separation or divorce rates among night workers were six times higher than those of day workers 31) . The present study demonstrated that poor quality of life is linked to poor mental health.…”

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Is suicidal ideation linked to working hours and shift work in Korea?

Yoon

Bae

Kang

et al. 2015

Journal of Occupational Health

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employee groups (aOR, 1.45; 95%CI, 1.23 to 1.70). Conclusions: Long WHs and shift work were associated with suicidal ideation when taking into account gender and employment differences. The harmful effects of exceptionally long WHs in Korea, among other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, raise concerns about public and occupational health. To address the issue of long WHs, labor policies that reduce maximum working hours and facilitate job stability are needed. Suicide is a global, pervasive social and public health issue. In South Korea, suicide was the fourth leading cause of death in 2012; it was the most frequent cause of death for individuals in their twenties and thirties and the second most frequent cause of death in those in their forties 1) . Since these age groups reflect the most economically active population, suicide is regarded as a serious social problem.Some investigations on suicide in occupational settings have identified high-risk groups and suggested specific causes and interventions in certain occupations 2,3) . Poor social support, low income and social separation could affect the mental health of manual workers, farmers and miners 4) . Easy access to lethal instruments is a well-known risk factor of suicide among health-care workers 5) . Furthermore, severe job stress increases the risk of depression, which in turn, is linked to suicidal ideation and attempted suicide 6,7) . Among severe job stressors, long working hours (WHs) are prevalent in rapidly developing Asian countries 8−12) . According to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) statistics for 2012, the average work hours per year in South Korea was 2,163 hours, the second highest among 34 Journal of Occupational HealthReceived Oct 20, 2014; Accepted Dec 24, 2014 Published online in J-STAGE Mar 6, 2015 Medicine, 50, Seoul, Korea, . Long WHs aggravate fatigue, anxiety and burnout and inhibit workers' abilities to revive their mental and physical health outside of work 11) . Thus, long WHs can potentially increase the risk of depression 14) . In Japan, suicides due to excessive work have been reported in a case series study 15) . Some studies have also reported the association between long WHs and suicidal ideation 12) , but none of them examined the impact of gender and employment stratification due to relatively small sample sizes. Moreover, both night and shift work can negatively impact social networks and family relationships 16) . Although a growing body of evidence supports the relationship between long WHs and shift work and suicide, empirical studies conducted in Asian countries are limited.In the current study, we used Community Health Survey (CHS) data to investigate the impact of long WHs and shift work on the prevalence of suicidal ideation among the economically active population. To elucidate this association more precisely, genderstratified analyses were undertaken, adjusting for conventional suicidal risk factors including sociodemographic characterist...

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“…To investigate the effect of shift status at the individual level, women were categorized into two groups: women who worked day shifts and women who worked evening/ night/rotating shifts. Shift status was also assessed at the couple level; women were categorized into two groups: women who worked the same shift as their husbands and women who worked opposite shifts from their husbands (Presser, 2000).…”

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Division of Labor and Working-Class Women's Well-Being Across the Transition to Parenthood.

Goldberg¹,

Perry‐Jenkins²

2004

Journal of Family Psychology

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This study examines the degree to which the division of household and child-care tasks predicts working-class women's well-being across the transition to parenthood. Women completed questionnaires about the division of labor and their well-being before the birth of their first child and upon returning to work. Results showed that violated expectations regarding the division of child care were associated with increased distress postnatally, and there was some evidence that this relationship was moderated by gender ideology. Traditional women whose husbands did more child care than they expected them to do were more distressed. Work status also moderated the relationship between violated expectations and distress. The results suggest that the division of child care is more salient in predicting distress than the division of housework, for working-class women, at this time point.Family roles have undergone many changes in the United States over the past 50 years. What was considered the traditional family arrangement in the 1950s (mom stays home, dad works) is clearly no longer the norm. In 2000, both parents were employed in 64.2% of married-couple families with children under 18, whereas the father, but not the mother, was employed in only 29.2% of married-couple families. In 2000, the labor force participation rate of married mothers was 69.8%, with 55.8% of married mothers with children under a year old in the work force (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2000). These employment trends demonstrate that employed women who also claim the title of mother are clearly in the majority. Little is known about how the transition into the parent role, while maintaining one's work and marital roles, affects women's well-being. The goal of this study is to explore this phenomenon for working-class women. Multiple Roles and Women's Mental HealthMuch research has explored the effects of employment on women's mental health. Barnett and Hyde (2001) cite empirical data to support the notion that multiple roles are beneficial for women's mental health. Indeed, much research suggests that employed mothers enjoy greater psychological well-being than mothers who are housewives (e.g., Glass & Fujimoto, 1994;Hyde, Klein, Essex, & Clark, 1995;Kessler & McRae, 1982). However, other studies have not found significant differences in the mental health of housewives versus employed women (e.g., Klein, Hyde, Essex, & Clark, 1998;Lennon, 1994). These inconsistent findings may be explained, in part, by examining both paid and unpaid work together. For example, Rosenfield (1989) found that housewives were typically more depressed than employed women, with one exception: housewives were less depressed than the most overloaded employed women (fullCorrespondence concerning this article should be addressed to Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Tobin Hall, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. mpj@psych.umass.edu. NIH Public Access NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript time working mothers who received litt...

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Nonstandard Work Schedules and Marital Instability

Cited by 301 publications

References 23 publications

Working time arrangements and social consequences – What do we know?

Working time arrangements and social consequences – What do we know?

Is suicidal ideation linked to working hours and shift work in Korea?

Division of Labor and Working-Class Women's Well-Being Across the Transition to Parenthood.

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