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Dissertation
Determinants and outcomes of social support provided by women and men in dual-earner relationships
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Drexel University
1999
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00010151
Abstract
Research on social support has highlighted the importance of supportive social relationships in sustaining the health and well being of individuals. Support has been examined extensively as an independent variable and from the support receiver's point of view, but rarely as a dependent variable from the support provider's point of view. In addition, researchers have not examined the outcomes of providing support. This study addressed these research oversights and examined the determinants and outcomes of support provision from the support provider's point of view. Supportive relationships have been hypothesized to be particularly important in the case of dual-earner couples who experience severe difficulties in balancing the conflicting demands of two careers in conjunction with maintaining family relationships. In the context of dual-earner couples, social support represents an important interpersonal coping resource. Thus, the determinants and consequences of support provision need to be examined with reference to the needs, abilities, resources, and motivation of the two parties involved in the support exchange. The present study examined the determinants and outcomes of support provision in the context of dual-eamer couples. More specifically, the study examined the support providers' work and family role characteristics, their partners' work and family role characteristics, and the couples' relational characteristics as predictors of emotional and tangible support provision. The model examined in this study predicted both direct and moderated relationships between the above-mentioned variables, support provision and the outcomes of support provision. Data were collected from 104 couples involved in dual-earner relationships where each partner was employed for at least 20 hours/week. Data analyses indicated that the couples' relationship characteristics (the quality of the couples' relationship, and their relative incomes) were the strongest predictors of support provision, followed by the partners' characteristics (work and family role demands and involvement). Interestingly enough, the support providers' characteristics (work and family role demands and involvement and normative beliefs) explained the least variance in support provision. The data also indicated that women reported providing more emotional support than men. Finally, the data indicated no support for the relationship between support provision and the outcome variables (quality of life and burnout).
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- Title
- Determinants and outcomes of social support provided by women and men in dual-earner relationships
- Creators
- Yasmin Surendra Purohit
- Contributors
- Saroj Parasuraman (Advisor) - Drexel University, Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- xvi, 272 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Business (and) Administration (1970-1999); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991021888965804721