RT Journal Article
T1 Housework, Health, and Well-Being in Older Adults: the Role of Socioeconomic Status
A1 Rodriguez-Stanley, Jaqueline
A1 Alonso Ferrés, María
A1 Zilioli, Samuele
A1 Slatcher, Richard. B.
AB For most adults, household chores are undesirable tasks yet need to be completed regularly. Previous research has identified absolute hours spent on household chores and one’s perceived fairness of the housework distribution as predictors of romantic relationship quality and well-being outcomes. Drawing from the Equity Theory, we hypothesized that perceived fairness acts as an underlying psychological mechanism linking household chores hours to long-term effects of relationship quality, well-being, physical health, and sleep quality in a sample of 2,644 married and cohabiting adults from the Midlife Development in the U.S. study. Additionally, following the Reserve Capacity Model, socioeconomic status (SES) was tested as a moderator because of its association with exposure to stressors and psychological resources which contribute to perceived fairness. Moderated mediation results showed significant indirect effects of household chore hours through perceived fairness on prospective measures of well-being, marital quality, physical health, and sleep dysfunction among individuals of lower SES but not higher SES when controlling for age, sex, and paid work hours. These results highlight the importance of perceived fairness and the influence of SES in the links among household chores and long-term relationship processes, health, and well-being.
PB American Psychological Association
SN 0893-3200
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100720
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100720
LA eng
NO Rodriguez-Stanley, J., Alonso-Ferres, M., Zilioli, S., & Slatcher, R. B. (2020). Housework, health, and well-being in older adults: The role of socioeconomic status. Journal of Family Psychology, 34(5), 610–620. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000630
DS Docta Complutense
RD 6 abr 2025