Although researchers argue that single parents perceive more work-family conflict than married parents, little research has examined nuances in such differences. Using data from the 2002 National Study of Changing Workforce (N = 1,430), this study examines differences in home-to-job conflict by marital status and gender among employed parents. Findings indicate that single mothers feel more hom...

Research has confirmed a motherhood penalty and fatherhood bonus at work. Employers, it appears, regard mothers and fathers differently from one another and differently from non-parents. We have yet to systematically explore whether mothers exhibit fewer prowork behaviors than fathers and non-parents or whether fathers engage in more of them than mothers and non-parents. This article draws on n...

This study investigates the impact of fathers’ religious and family involvement on work-family conflict, workfamily fit, job satisfaction, and marital satisfaction. The sample consists of employed, married fathers and their spouses from the 2001 Marriott School of Management Alumni Work and Family Survey (n = 210). Fathers’ family involvement was related to less work-life conflict, greater work...

Little research has explored linkages between work conditions and mental health in workingclass employed parents. The current study aims to address this gap, employing hierarchical linear modeling techniques to examine how levels of and changes in job autonomy, job urgency, supervisor support, and coworker support predicted parents’ depressive symptoms in a sample of 113 dual-earner couples int...

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the family economy by threatening job security, which been acting as a source of stress for fathers. Social distancing increased father-child interaction time and burden parenting. parenting levels fathers increased, mental health problems such depression anxiety were induced. This was reported to be more serious in vulnerable groups, according race...

Due to the low rates of health insurance coverage among young adults, some state governments began mandating companies allow adult children stay on their parents’ plans. First implemented in 1995, these mandates aimed increase adults. In 2010, federal government enacted a more comprehensive version dependent mandate as part Affordable Care Act. These stateand federal-level efforts increased for...