Continuous Dual-Career Families
A Case Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12005351 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald St John‐Parsons (Bank Street College of Education, corresponding author), Donald St John-Parsons (Bank Street College of Education) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 30-42 |
| Publication date | 1978-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1978.tb00523.x |
| OpenAlex | W1970682743 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 4 |
Intensive studies of the careers, family backgrounds, marital relationships, and domestic patterns of 10 continuous dual-career families (i.e., those where the wives interrupted their professional careers only minimally to have children) were made through an in-depth guided-interview approach. It was found that there was little integration of work situations, that the parents experienced severe overload problems, that kinship ties loosened and social life decreased. The wives, usually only children, came from a higher social and economically wealthier class than their husbands; they reverted to traditional sociocultural perceptions of their roles at home but, despite multiple role-cycling dilemmas, found that the intellectual and psychological benefits of their lifestyles far outweighed any disadvantages. Financial gain was not of motivational significance, and the dual-career pattern was not always financially rewarding. The families' child-rearing philosophies were similar, and there was no evidence to suggest that the children experienced any disadvantages caused by their parents' career pattern. All families were noticeably healthy and physically active
Developmental psychology · Dual (grammatical number · Family life · Kinship · Marital status · Perception · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
The father’s contribution to child care
Trends and Directions in Dual‐career Family Research
Wives of College and University Presidents
Judging the Professional Woman
Social network factors and the transition to parenthood
College females' perceptions of adult roles and occupational fields for women
Happiness in dual-career couples
Women with Multiple Roles
Combining Marriage and Career
A Case for Banishing "Dual-Career Marriages" from the Research Literature
Husband's Masculinity, Wife's Power, and Marital Conflict
Until Careers Do Us Part
Differences in self‐disclosure in dual‐career and single‐career marriages
The Effect of Working Couple Status on the Decision to Offer Geographic Transfer
Mental Health and Psychological Functioning of Dual-Career Families
Marital Disruption among Professional Women
Preschoolers' Sex-Role Identity, Father-Role Perceptions, and Paternal Family Participation
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2011 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |