Couples coping with dual careers: A description of flexible and rigid coping styles
In: Social science journal: official journal of the Western Social Science Association, Band 35, Heft 1, S. 54-64
ISSN: 0362-3319
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In: Social science journal: official journal of the Western Social Science Association, Band 35, Heft 1, S. 54-64
ISSN: 0362-3319
In: Review of social economy: the journal for the Association for Social Economics, Band 50, Heft 4, S. 420-431
ISSN: 1470-1162
In: The American journal of economics and sociology, Band 44, Heft 3, S. 355-363
ISSN: 1536-7150
Abstract. Concurrently with the rising trend in the number of dual career families, the problem of role strain in such families has arisen. In a recent series of scholarly studies (herewith subjected to critical analysis), time management, division of household labor, child care, and perceived guilt have been identified as likely determinants of wife/mother role strain for career women. Prior to 1980, most of the role strain studies have been of the exploratory, case study type. This does not permit generalizing, so a theory of role strain in such situations is still lacking. But those studies have provided useful hypotheses and insight into the limitations of available typology, thus setting the stage for quantitative studies and for the empirical research needed for a detailed understanding of the problems such strain creates and of the solution options available.