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- Title: Couple Type, Parental Status, And the Mediating Impact of Social Support.
- Author : North American Journal of Psychology
- Release Date : January 01, 2006
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 203 KB
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Current western society is fast-paced and achievement oriented for the individual. In order for individuals to function fully within such society, they must succumb to fulfilling multiple roles, from parent to lover to worker. While occupying multiple roles can be beneficial, multiple roles also can lead to health problems. Therefore, examining the factors that contribute to added or decreased role strain is important. While prior research has demonstrated that spousal support can influence the amount of experienced strain and improve a host of other life domains, the role of couple-type and parental status have largely been ignored. Ninety-eight dual-income and 40 single-income couples completed questionnaires assessing how spousal support differentially influences dual and single-income couples' marital satisfaction and well-being. In addition, the influence of parental status also was examined. Significant effects of spousal support on marital satisfaction and parental status on well-being were found. In the current individualistic, achievement-oriented society, pressure abounds to pursue perfection in countless areas, of which past generations cared little about. Today, in order to be deemed successful, one must obtain and maintain an excellent job, partner, child, and body, without exhibiting any negative consequences. Still, varying roles may add richness and value unfelt by previous generations (Schieman & Taylor, 2001). In addition, role satisfaction has been found to be linked to women's well-being (Greenberger & O'Neil, 1993). However, role-strain also can lead to a variety of health problems such as depression, poor general health, and increased alcohol consumption (Frone, Russell, & Barnes, 1996). The amount of stress imbued in the western lifestyle is unlikely to be reduced in the near future; therefore it is important to examine factors associated with successful balancing of varying roles.