Work, family, support, and depression: Employed mothers in Israel, Korea, and the United States

Karen M. O'Brien; Heather V.Ganginis Del Pino; Sung Kyung Yoo; Rachel Gali Cinamon; Young Joo Han

doi:10.1037/a0036339

Work, family, support, and depression: Employed mothers in Israel, Korea, and the United States

Karen M. O'Brien, Heather V.Ganginis Del Pino, Sung Kyung Yoo, Rachel Gali Cinamon, Young Joo Han

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Abstract

Our research revealed differences in work-family constructs for employed mothers in 3 countries, Israel (N = 105), Korea (N = 298), and the United States (N = 305). Although levels of work-family conflict were comparable, the Korean women had the lowest levels of work-family enrichment compared with the Israeli and American mothers. Moreover, Korean women reported the most depression and the least support from both spouses and employers. Spousal support mediated the relationship between work- family conflict and depression for employed mothers in Israel, Korea, and the United States. As hypothesized by conservation of resources theory (Hobfoll, 1989, 1998, 2001), threat of resource loss (operationalized as work-family conflict) was related to depression more strongly than was resource gain (i.e., work-family enrichment).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	461-472
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Counseling Psychology
Volume	61
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036339
State	Published - Jul 2014

Keywords

Depression
Employed mothers
Support
Work-family conflict
Work-family enrichment

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