Stress and the multiple-role woman: taking a closer look at the "superwoman".

ABSTRACT: In the academic literature there is debate as to whether women who engage in multiple social roles experience more or less stress than women in fewer roles. For the present research we examined the relationship between levels of engagement in seven distinct roles and perceived stress and life satisfaction in a small non-random sample of women in North America (N = 308). We did not find a significant correlation between role engagement and perceived stress, though we did find a small but significant positive correlation between role engagement and life satisfaction. Similarly, in a subset of the participants (N = 31), there was not a significant relationship between the level of role engagement and physiological stress as measured by hair or urinary cortisol levels. We found a significant n

SUBMITTER: Sumra MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4376732 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature