The roles of role strain, economic resources and time demands in explaining mothers' life satisfaction

Factors associated with body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in women in midlife

“…The challenges posed by this phase of life include increased demands and responsibilities, 32,47 less discretionary time, 33 and internalized societal norms that dictate that women look after the needs of others before attending to their own. 48,49 The combination of these factors can lead to guilt when a woman's resources are spread thinly across various responsibilities.…”

“…In midlife, role demands tend to increase with high family and work commitments. [32][33][34] These demands can impinge on involvement in health care practices, 35 and may reduce body-directed self-care. Therefore, we proposed that reduced engagement in self-care practices would be associated with body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in women in midlife.…”

How Satisfied are Spouses with their Leisure Time? Evidence from Europe

“…Table 1 shows the mean and standard deviation of the dependent variables used in the analysis, as well as the variables which indicate the hours that both spouses dedicate to work and to care of children and other family members (old people, ill people, etc. ; McCullough and Zick 1992;White-Means and Chang 1994;Yin 2005). The dependent variables are husband and wife satisfaction (HusbandSatisfaction, WifeSatisfaction).…”

Outsourcing of Domestic Tasks

“…If a person takes pleasure in preparing food as well as eating it afterward, the time devoted to cooking can then be considered rewarding as well. Empirical analyses suggest that of all housework tasks, child care and cooking are the two most preferred (Shaw, 1988), and that time spent on housework indeed increases life satisfaction to a certain extent (McCullough & Zick, 1992). Second, literature specific to the division of labor echoes these ideas, with men and women expected to "produce" their gender identities by performing certain domestic tasks (Coltrane, 2000).…”