Women's caring responsibilities as they age
Assessing the Sandwich Generation's satisfaction with life and well-being
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2172702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roxane Gervais (0000-0001-6718-2310, Practical Psychology Consultancy Ltd, Craven Park Training and Enterprise Centre, Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom), Prudence Millear (0000-0002-9423-6107, University of the Sunshine Coast) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Community Work & Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1366-8803 • E-ISSN: 1469-3615 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13668803.2024.2364093 |
| OpenAlex | W4399666884 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 42 |
While dual-caring responsibilities have increased for some middle-aged adults, due to caring for parents and children, limited research exists on the effects on well-being of this dual care role on working carers, and specifically with respect to women. For this 'Sandwich Generation', especially for those who work outside the home, these increased demands may adversely affect their life and job satisfaction, and their well-being, inclusive of their general health. The present research explored the impact of care responsibilities on the overall self-reported quality of life of women dual carers who work. It explored the usefulness of resources for working dual carers, in supporting them in their distinct roles. Employed women (N = 433, aged 23–69, M = 51.27 years) mainly from the United Kingdom and Australia completed an online structured survey. Findings indicated that higher levels of personal and work resources, in particular optimism, self-efficacy, job autonomy, skill discretion, and social support, were able to buffer deleterious outcomes, such as poor well-being (depression, anxiety, stress, negative affect), while supporting well-being (positive affect, general health), increasing job satisfaction and life satisfaction. The dual carer role was not a significant predictor of the participants' well-being, with only the women's general health being slightly reduced
Affect (linguistics · Autonomy · Happiness · Job satisfaction · Life satisfaction · Optimism · Quality of life (healthcare · Social support · Well-being · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology
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The Satisfaction With Life Scale
When Work–Family Benefits Are Not Enough
Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect
Factors contributing to psychological distress in the working population, with a special reference to gender difference
Scales for the measurement of some work attitudes and aspects of psychological well‐being
The measurement of well‐being and other aspects of mental health
Balancing Parent Care With Other Roles
Caring during Covid‐19
Gender socialization and the cultural construction of elder caregivers
A procedure for linking psychosocial job characteristics data to health surveys
Multiple Roles and Role Strain
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A Theory of Role Strain
Toward a Theory of Role Accumulation
The "Sandwich Generation" Revisited
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Network Sampling
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |