Role Overload, Role Conflict, and Stress: Addressing Consequences of Multiple Role Demands

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“…Since women entered the workforce, there has been little adjustment in the household duties per formed by both spouses (Coverman, 1989;Sayer et al, 2009). Women are still the primary caregivers for their families despite having other demands on their time (Home, 1998;Sayer et al, 2009).…”

“…When wives perform this proportion of house hold chores after performing tasks in the workplace, it can lead to role overload, which is defined as having several roles and too little time to fulfill the demands of each (Coverman, 1989). Women tend to experience much more role overload than men (Coverman, 1989;Higgins, Duxbury, & Lyons, 2010).…”

“…Women tend to experience much more role overload than men (Coverman, 1989;Higgins, Duxbury, & Lyons, 2010). When husbands take on more domestic responsibilities, it lowers the wives' levels of role overload (Coverman, 1989;Frisco & Williams, 2003).…”

“…However, women in dualincome couples tend to report more stress than men (Coverman, 1989;Entricht, Hughes, & Tovey, 2007;Higgins et al, 2010;Viers & Prouty, 2001). Women may experience greater stress because role demands are higher for women than for men (Condie & Doan, 1978;Sayer et al, 2009).…”

“…Because wives are still more responsible for performing household chores than their hus bands, the stress resulting from this overload may be more prevalent among women than men (Sayer et al, 2009). Coverman (1989) found a way to lessen the amount of stress felt by dualincome wives. She found that egalitarianism in the marital relation ship is negatively associated with wives' stress levels.…”