Effects of Maternal Gatekeeping in Housework on Husbandsʼ Participation in Housework among Double-Income Families
Effects of Maternal Gatekeeping in Housework on Husbandsʼ Participation in Housework among Double-Income Families
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双收入家庭母亲在家务把关对丈夫参与家务的影响
DOI:
10.11428/jhej.69.789
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发表时间:
2018
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中川まり
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作者:
Natsumi Inoue;Ryuji Nakano;Sho Murata;Atsushi Inaba;Koji Tanaka;中川まり
This study examines whether wives in double-income families with children facilitate husbands' participation in housework, manage or restrict household performance, and whether such behaviors affect husbands' participation in housework. The study used the concept of maternal gatekeeping. It is reported that wives who play the role of gatekeepers of childcare and housework may facilitate husbands' engagement in childcare and housework, manage the housework, or restrict their engagement. This study focused on 285 wives in double-income families with children under the age of 13. A questionnaire survey was conducted in August 2015 via the Internet. A structural equation modeling analysis yielded two major results. First, the more frequently wives discourage husbands' participation in housework, the less husbands participate in housework. Second, wives' facilitation of husbands' participation in housework increases husbands' participation in housework. This study concludes that wives in double-income families should facilitate their husbands' participation in housework to avoid the double burden of employment and housework.