Workplace Policies and Mental Health among Working-Class, New Parents.
Workplace Policies and Mental Health among Working-Class, New Parents.
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DOI：
10.1080/13668803.2016.1252721
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发表时间：
2017
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Halpern HP
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Perry-Jenkins M;Smith JZ;Wadsworth LP;Halpern HP
很少有研究探索工薪阶层有工作的父母的工作场所政策与心理健康之间的联系，这造成了我们对不同社会阶层的工作-家庭问题的了解存在差距。美国目前的这项研究解决了这一差距，采用分层线性建模技术，在125对受访的低收入、双收入夫妇中，检验了工作场所政策和育儿假福利如何预测父母的抑郁症状和焦虑。描述性分析显示，平均而言，父母几乎没有可用的工作场所政策，如时间表灵活性或儿童保育支持。然而，结果显示，如果可行，时间表灵活性与新妈妈较少的抑郁症状和较少的焦虑有关。更多的育儿支持预示着父亲的抑郁症状会更少。在交叉影响方面，较长的产假预示着父亲在第一年的焦虑程度会下降。在讨论结果时，要注意某些工作场所政策如何有助于缓解新父母缺乏时间和资源(最大限度地减少资源稀缺)，并反过来预测在新为人父母的敏感时期有更好的心理健康。
Little research has explored linkages between workplace policies and mental health in working-class, employed parents, creating a gap in our knowledge of work-family issues across social class levels. The current U.S. study addresses this gap by employing hierarchical linear modeling techniques to examine how workplace policies and parental leave benefits predicted parents' depressive symptoms and anxiety in a sample of 125, low-income, dual-earner couples interviewed across the transition to parenthood. Descriptive analyses revealed that, on average, parents had few workplace policies, such as schedule flexibility or child care supports, available to them. Results revealed, however, that, when available, schedule flexibility was related to fewer depressive symptoms and less anxiety for new mothers. Greater child care supports predicted fewer depressive symptoms for fathers. In terms of crossover effects, longer maternal leave predicted declines in fathers' anxiety across the first year. Results are discussed with attention to how certain workplace policies may serve to alleviate new parents' lack of time and resources (minimize scarcity of resources) and, in turn, predict better mental health during the sensitive period of new parenthood.