Multiple social roles and well-being - A longitudinal test of the role stress theory and the role expansion theory
Multiple social roles and well-being - A longitudinal test of the role stress theory and the role expansion theory
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10.1177/0001699304043823
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发表时间：
2004-06-01
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1.7
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Nordenmark, M
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Nordenmark, M
总体而言，西方社会认为人们应该参与多种社会活动，发展多种社会角色。其假设是，拥有多个角色对个人有利。然而，这也意味着生活更加复杂，人们不得不处理有时相互冲突的要求。早期关于多重角色对个体幸福感影响的研究并没有提供一个清晰的图景，一些结果支持角色压力理论和一些角色扩展理论。本文对角色压力理论和角色扩展理论的相关性进行了实证检验，通过分析总体上具有多种社会角色是否会降低或增加个人幸福感。这一结果基于对近9000名随机抽取的瑞典人的小组研究。结论是，社会角色的数量和任何社会角色的增加都与患失眠和挥之不去的疾病的风险以及因挥之不去的疾病而定期接受药物治疗的风险负相关。这些发现表明，拥有多个社会角色会增加个人幸福感；因此，研究结果支持了角色扩展理论。
In general, Western societies believe that people should engage in a multitude of social activities and develop multiple social roles. The assumption is that having multiple roles is beneficial to the individual. However, it also means that life is more complex and that people have to handle sometimes conflicting demands. Earlier research on the effects of multiple roles on individual well-being has not provided a clear picture, some results supporting the role stress theory and some the role expansion theory. This article tests empirically the relevance of the role stress theory and the role expansion theory by analysing whether having multiple social roles in general decreases or increases individual well-being. The results are based on a panel study of nearly 9000 randomly selected Swedes. The conclusion is that both number of social roles and any increase in social roles are negatively correlated with the risk of suffering from insomnia and a lingering illness, and the risk of being on regular medication for a lingering illness. These findings indicate that having multiple social roles increases individual well-being; the results therefore support the role expansion theory.