Invisible Household Labor and Ramifications for Adjustment: Mothers as Captains of Households.

ABSTRACT: We address the issue of invisible labor in the home by examining how the distribution of the mental and emotional labor inherent to managing the household between spouses may be linked with women's well-being, including their satisfaction with life, partner satisfaction, feelings of emptiness, and experiencing role overload. In a sample of 393 U.S. married/partnered mothers, mostly of upper-middle class backgrounds with dependent children at home, results showed that a majority of women reported that they alone assumed responsibility for household routines involving organizing schedules for the family and maintaining order in the home. Some aspects of responsibilities related to child adjustment were primarily handled by mothers, including being vigilant of children's emotions, whereas oth

SUBMITTER: Ciciolla L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8223758 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature