A Study of Role Overload, Nonmarket Time Use, and Coping Strategies of Middle Class, Employed Women in Intact Families

The study investigated role overload manifested in nonmarket time use and the coping strategies used to deal with the overload. Role overload among employed women was defined based on contributions from role theory and organizational behavior. Nine nonmarket areas were identified for assessment: food chores, clothes chores, money chores, home care/maintenance, child care, social and community, leisure/fun, family, and self. An instrument was developed, the Home Questionnaire, in which respondents indicated time spent in the nonmarket areas over four time periods: day-to-day, weekends, holidays, and vacations. In addition, the frequency of use of three coping styles found in Hall and Hall's (1979) Role-Coping Inventory was assessed: Type I coping, or structural role redefinition, Type II coping, or personal role redefinition, and Type III coping, or reactive role behavior.

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Ph.D.

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Dissertation

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Education

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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2014

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• Rowan, Judith Bowie

• Psychology, General

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(UMI)AAI8218553

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oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/68807