Conflict between the work and family domains and exhaustion among vocationally active men and women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1237-1245

  Canivet, Catarina ^a   Östergren, Per Olof ^a   Lindeberg, Sara I ^a   Choi, BongKyoo ^b   Karasek, Robert ^c   Moghaddassi, Mahnaz ^a   Isacsson, Sven Olof ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Exhaustion; Gender; Job strain; Paid work; Sweden; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUSTION; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WORK;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77950056567     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.029     Document Type: Article

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