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The Relationship between Commuting Distance, Work Hours, Work-to-Family Conflict, and Psychological Distress

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ID2424399
AutoresShirin Montazer (0000-0002-4429-0260, Wayne State University, autor correspondente), Marisa Young (0000-0002-8880-7356, McMaster University)
Ano2024
Volume10
Data de publicação2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2378-0231 • E-ISSN: 2378-0231
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/23780231241258361
OpenAlexW4400921090
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas72

Our study reevaluates the impact of commuting on mental health, challenging the prevailing view of commuting solely as a job-related demand or stressor that leads to increased mental health problems. Using the 2011 Neighbourhood Effects on Health and Well-Being Study from Toronto, we explore the dual perspectives of commuting distance as a stressful demand versus a potentially beneficial resource among parents of minor children (n = 299). Multivariate results reveal that commuting distance alone is not significantly linked to mental health as measured by psychological distress. However, the nature of commuting-whether it is viewed as a demand or a resource-depends on other factors in parents' lives. Specifically, our results indicate that an increase in commuting distance exacerbates the negative effects of work hours on psychological distress while simultaneously buffering against the impact of work-to-family conflict on this outcome irrespective of gender

Demographic economics · Distress · Economics · Mental distress · Mental health · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Stressor · Work (physics · Work–family conflict · Clinical Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Work-Family Balance Challenges