Work-family guilt: A straightjacket keeping parents into traditional gender roles

Aarntzen, Lianne

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“…Consequently, mothers may be more prone than fathers to feel guilty when their work interferes with their family (i.e. work‐to‐family conflict; WFC, Aarntzen, 2020 ). Previous research indeed found that in the same WFC situation, mothers report experiencing more guilt than fathers do (Aarntzen, 2020 ).…”

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When work–family guilt becomes a women's issue: Internalized gender stereotypes predict high guilt in working mothers but low guilt in working fathers

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Steenbergen

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British J Social Psychol

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Gender stereotypes prescribe mothers, but not fathers, to prioritize their family over their work. Therefore, internalization of gender stereotypes may predict higher guilt among mothers than fathers in situations in which they prioritize their work over their family. Study 1 (135 mothers and 116 fathers) indeed revealed that the stronger fathers' implicit gender stereotypes (measured with a gender-career implicit association task) the less guilt fathers reported in a fictitious work-interfering-with-family situation. Although mothers on average reported higher guilt than fathers, this effect was not moderated by their implicit gender stereotypes. Study 2 (daily diary study among 105 mothers), however, did reveal evidence for the moderating effect of implicit gender stereotypes on working mothers' guilt. The stronger mothers' implicit gender stereotypes the more work-family conflict and guilt they reported on days that they worked long hours.These results show that implicit gender stereotypes shape how parents feel about their work-family choices.

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“…work‐to‐family conflict; WFC, Aarntzen, 2020 ). Previous research indeed found that in the same WFC situation, mothers report experiencing more guilt than fathers do (Aarntzen, 2020 ). However, the question remains if these gender differences in guilt result in part from parents' internalized gender stereotypes.…”

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confidence: 99%

When work–family guilt becomes a women's issue: Internalized gender stereotypes predict high guilt in working mothers but low guilt in working fathers

Aarntzen

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Steenbergen

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British J Social Psychol

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“…When work interferes with family, it is an important source of stress for parents that can influence an individuals’ well-being ( Frone et al, 1994 ). For both male and female, high level of work-to-family conflict reduces parents’ life satisfaction, triggers more psychological stress, higher risk of burnout and higher depression ( Kossek and Ozeki, 1998 ; McNall et al, 2010 ; Aarntzen, 2020 ). Parents’ high level of pressure will be transferred to parenting behavior and emotional expression, which will virtually create a high-stress family atmosphere for young children.…”

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Can work-to-family conflict lead to preschool children’s social behavior problems?—The chain mediating roles of guilt about parenting and parent-child relationships

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Parents’ work-to-family conflict has been reported to be associated with preschool children’s social behavior problems, but the underlying mechanisms of this association in the Chinese cultural context remain unclear. Based on ecosystem theory and the spillover-crossover model theory of emotion, this study aimed to examine the correlation between parents’ work-to-family conflict and preschool children’s social behavior problems in China, as well as the mediating role of guilt about parenting and parent–child relationships. Structural equation modeling was used to check the research hypotheses with a sample of 3,038 parents of Chinese preschool children. The main findings of this study are as follows: (1) Work-to-family conflict faced by parents was positively associated with guilt about parenting and preschool children’s social behavior problems; (2) The effect of guilt about parenting on preschool children’s social behavior problems was bidirectional; guilt about parenting was positively related to preschool children’s social behavior problems, but when guilt about parenting prompted parents to adjust their parent–child relationships, it was negatively related to preschool children’s social behavior problems. Taken together, these results further explain the interaction between parents’ work-to-family conflict and preschool children’s social behavior problems and discuss the influence of multiple factors on preschool children’s social behavior problems. Theoretically, this study enriches the theoretical basis of the interaction with resources from the external environment of home education and family education. Practically, it implies that multiple levels, such as the government, early childhood education institutions, and work units, should give more support to preschool children’s family education and thus work together to promote the healthy development of preschool children.

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Work-family guilt: A straightjacket keeping parents into traditional gender roles

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When work–family guilt becomes a women's issue: Internalized gender stereotypes predict high guilt in working mothers but low guilt in working fathers

When work–family guilt becomes a women's issue: Internalized gender stereotypes predict high guilt in working mothers but low guilt in working fathers

Can work-to-family conflict lead to preschool children’s social behavior problems?—The chain mediating roles of guilt about parenting and parent-child relationships

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