ArticleScandinavian journal of work, environment & health2022
Associations of combining paid work and family care with gender-specific differences in depressive symptoms among older workers and the role of work characteristics.
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- Implementing a workplace participatory approach to support working caregivers in balancing their work, private life and informal care: results of a process evaluation.BMC public health · 2025Trial
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- Rural Community Organizations and Mental Health Among Older Adults: Evidence of Dual Economic-Social Pathways in Rural China.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Experiences of double-duty caregivers: a scoping review.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- An Intersectional Approach to Understanding the Psychological Health Effects of Combining Work and Parental Caregiving.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- The mental health impact of school bullying among young carers in Australia: a causal mediation analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Longitudinal association between informal unpaid caregiving and mental health amongst working age adults in high-income OECD countries: A systematic review.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study aims to provide insight into (i) how the combination of paid work and family care is longitudinally associated with gender-related differences in depressive symptoms and (ii) the role of work characteristics in this association.
methodsData were derived from STREAM, a Dutch prospective cohort study of older workers aged 45-64 years. Respondents were included if they were employed in at least one measurement between 2015 and 2017 (N=12 447). Mixed-models were applied to disentangle between-person (BP) and within-person (WP) effects of family caregiving on depressive symptoms. Analyses were stratified by gender. Work characteristics (social support, autonomy, emotional and mental workload) were separately added to the multivariable models.
resultsFor older employees, family caregiving was positively associated with depressive symptoms between and within persons for both women [BP B=0.80, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.52-1.08; WP B=0.32, 95% CI 0.08-0.56] and men (BP B=0.75, 95% CI 0.45-1.05; WP B=0.25, 95% CI 0.01-0.48). Social support at work reduced the adverse effect of family care on depressive symptoms for women (BP) and men (BP and WP). Emotional workload partly explained the effect of family care for both women and men (BP).
conclusionsThe longitudinal association between family care and mental health was similar for male and female employees. Resources at work (ie, social support) could protect caregiving employees against depressive symptoms. More research is needed regarding the relative impact of the care context compared to the work context of working family caregivers.
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