Department of Psychology.
Department of Social Psychology.
J Fam Psychol. 2020 Aug;34(5):610-620. doi: 10.1037/fam0000630. Epub 2020 Feb 13.
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. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
对于大多数成年人来说，家务是令人不愉快的任务，但需要定期完成。先前的研究已经确定了花在家务上的绝对时间以及一个人对家务分配的公平感知，作为预测浪漫关系质量和幸福感的指标。本研究以公平理论为基础，假设公平感知作为一个潜在的心理机制，将家务时间与关系质量、幸福感、身体健康和睡眠质量的长期影响联系起来，研究样本来自美国中年发展研究中的 2644 名已婚和同居的成年人。此外，根据储备能力模型，社会经济地位（SES）被测试为一个调节变量，因为它与压力源和心理资源的暴露有关，这些因素有助于公平感知。调节中介结果表明，在控制年龄、性别和带薪工作时间的情况下，SES 较低的个体的家务时间通过公平感知对幸福感、婚姻质量、身体健康和睡眠障碍的前瞻性指标有显著的间接影响，但 SES 较高的个体则没有。这些结果强调了公平感知和 SES 在家务与长期关系过程、健康和幸福感之间联系中的重要性。
