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abstract: 'Background: A large body of international research reveals that single
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mothers experience poorer mental health than their partnered
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counterparts, with socioeconomic disadvantage identified as an important
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contributory factor in understanding this health disparity. Much less
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research, however, has focused specifically on the psychological
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well-being of single mothers who are employed, despite their growing
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presence in the labor force. Of the research which has considered
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employment, the focus has been on employment status per se rather than
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on other important work-related factors which may impact psychological
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health, such as psychosocial work quality and work-family conflict. The
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aim of this study was to: (1) compare employed single mothers and
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employed partnered mothers on measures of psychological distress,
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psychosocial work quality and work-family conflict; and (2) explore the
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potential role of work-family conflict and psychosocial work quality as
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explanations for any observed differences in psychological distress
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based on partner status.
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Method: Analysis of data obtained from a cross-sectional telephone
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survey of employed parents in a mid-sized Western Canadian city.
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Analyses were based on 674 employed mothers (438 partnered and 236
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single), who were 25-50 years old, with at least one child in the
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household.
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Results: Compared to employed single mothers, employed partnered mothers
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were older, had more education and reported fewer hours of paid work.
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Single mothers reported higher levels of psychological distress,
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financial hardship, work-family conflict and poor psychosocial work
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quality. Statistical adjustment for income adequacy, psychosocial work
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quality and work-family conflict each independently resulted in single
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motherhood no longer being associated with psychological distress.
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Conclusions: While single employed mothers did experience higher levels
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of psychological distress than their partnered counterparts, differences
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between these groups of women in income adequacy, psychosocial work
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quality, and work-family conflict were found to explain this
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relationship. Future research employing a longitudinal design and
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subject to lower selection biases is required to tease out the
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interrelationship of these three life strains and to point to the most
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appropriate economic and social policies to support single mothers in
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the workforce.'
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affiliation: 'Janzen, BL (Corresponding Author), Univ Saskatchewan, Dept Epidemiol
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\& Community Hlth, Hlth Sci Bldg,107 Wiggins Rd, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada.
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Dziak, Ewelina; Janzen, Bonnie L.; Muhajarine, Nazeem, Univ Saskatchewan, Dept Epidemiol
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\& Community Hlth, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada.
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Muhajarine, Nazeem, Univ Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Populat Hlth \& Evaluat Res
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Unit, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada.'
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article-number: '6'
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author: Dziak, Ewelina and Janzen, Bonnie L. and Muhajarine, Nazeem
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author-email: bonnie.janzen@usask.ca
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author_list:
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- family: Dziak
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given: Ewelina
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- family: Janzen
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given: Bonnie L.
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- family: Muhajarine
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given: Nazeem
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-9-6
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eissn: 1475-9276
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files: []
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journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH
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keywords-plus: MENTAL-HEALTH; SCREENING SCALES; DISTRESS; STRESS; STRAIN
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language: English
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month: FEB 22
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number-of-cited-references: '42'
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papis_id: 3ebf563b631f92bd2795c7ff927f49b8
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ref: Dziak2010inequalitiespsycholo
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researcherid-numbers: Muhajarine, Nazeem/D-7360-2012
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times-cited: '56'
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title: 'Inequalities in the psychological well-being of employed, single and partnered
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mothers: the role of psychosocial work quality and work-family conflict'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000275443400001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '63'
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volume: '9'
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web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
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year: '2010'
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