Depressive symptoms among women employed outside the home.
Researchers who attempt to explain why paid employment is a source of psychological distress for some women must consider how a number of factors in the work and nonoccupational environments influence a woman's reaction to employment outside the home. We examined four aspects of the job that may be a source of distress for working women: job dissatisfaction, pay dissatisfaction, commitment to the work role, and full versus part-time employment. Of these, pay dissatisfaction and commitment to the work role emerged as significant predictors of depressive symptoms. With regard to home-related roles, neither help with housework nor the presence of young children in the home exerted a significant direct effect on psychological distress. Young children at home did, however, have a significant interaction effect with a woman's sex role beliefs. Finally, the presence of a conflict between the work and home roles was also a significant predictor of depression.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications