Stress, coping and adjustment in dual-employed families.

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dc.contributor.authorKelly, Heather Joan
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-28T13:36:02Z
dc.date.available2018-11-28T13:36:02Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.descriptionDissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, for the degree of Master of Arts.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study evaluates the utility of a stress-coping paradigm for explaining differences in psychological adjustment to stress among duel-employed family members. Specifically, a model of stress was applied that encompassed a single stressful dual-employed family event, the degree of perceived stressfulness of this event, dual-employed family coping and five dimensions of personal adjustment (two work indicators, two family attitudes and one individual measure). This model was used to assess the mechanisms through which dual-employed family stress and coping are linked to psychological outcomes through two effects. first being the main effect which states that stress and coping have a uniform effect on well-being, independent of one another. The second being the moderator effect which says that coping moderates the impact of stressful episodes depending on the type, or degree, of stress encountered. Two procedures were applied for analysing data. Firstly, content analysis was applied to the single stressful life events measure and from this the existence of seven forms of dual-employed family stress were established, namely, occupational, domestic chore, child-care, role overload, marital, financial, and stressors arising from external systems encompassed under the label "other". Secondly, moderated multiple regression analyses were conducted to assess the relationship between each dependent, independent and moderator variable and provided statistical support for the operation of both main and moderator effects. This support, however, was found to vary according to context and level of stressfulness of the events. The limitations of the present study are noted as well as the practical and theoretical implications. Furthermore , the implications for future research on stress, coping and adjustment among dual-employed families are considered.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianAndrew Chakane 2018en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/26138
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectDual-career families -- South Africa.en_ZA
dc.subjectWork and family -- South Africa.en_ZA
dc.subjectWorking mothers -- South Africa.en_ZA
dc.subjectStress (Psychology) -- South Africa.en_ZA
dc.subjectAdjustment (Psychology)en_ZA
dc.titleStress, coping and adjustment in dual-employed families.en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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