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  • Balance in everyday life: Dual-income parents' collective and individual conceptions

    Author(s)
    Wada, Mineko
    L. Backman, Catherine
    J. Forwell, Susan
    Roth, Michael
    Joseph Ponzetti Jr., James
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Roth, Michael
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    As the social justice movement has lessened the gender gap in paid and unpaid occupational participation, the subject of balance in everyday life is receiving increased attention. Although various theories about balance have been developed, it remains elusive as a concept. This research investigates the ways in which men and women in dual-income couples with young children conceive of balance in everyday life. The phenomenographic study recruited 15 heterosexual, dual-income couples living with at least one child under age six; two individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted with both partners in each couple. The ...
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    As the social justice movement has lessened the gender gap in paid and unpaid occupational participation, the subject of balance in everyday life is receiving increased attention. Although various theories about balance have been developed, it remains elusive as a concept. This research investigates the ways in which men and women in dual-income couples with young children conceive of balance in everyday life. The phenomenographic study recruited 15 heterosexual, dual-income couples living with at least one child under age six; two individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted with both partners in each couple. The analyses generated two key conceptions of balance: managing life and participating in a mix of occupations. In elucidating these conceptions, parents associated the former with meeting collective needs and the latter with meeting individual needs. Trying to simultaneously satisfy these two conceptions of balance created tension. Managing life reinforced parents' intensive commitment to parenting and led to balance, but it limited their engagement in personal occupations, which was associated with imbalance. Conversely, participating in a mix of occupations allowed parents to meet their own needs and contributed to balance, but as it reduced the time they spent with their families, it was related to imbalance.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Occupational Science
    Volume
    21
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2014.913331
    Copyright Statement
    Self-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by this journal. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version or contact the authors for more information.
    Subject
    Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified
    Clinical Sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/67713
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