共働き世帯の夫婦における多重役割と抑うつ度との関連

抄録

　　This research examined the relationship between spillover of multipe roles of work and family and depression in working mothers and fathers of young children. Data were obtained through questionnaire responses by dual-career couples. As previous researches have focused only upon working mothers, this paper also considers the effects of father's attitude about their wive's employment.

　　The major findings are as follows:

1) Mothers experienced stronger negative spillover from family to work than fathers, but also positive spillover between family and work.

2) Both fathers and mothers showed that their depression was related to positive and negative spillovers from work to family, though negative spillover from family to work did not relate to depression.

3) When taking into account the attitude of fathers about their wive's employment, negative spillover from family to work did relate to depression in fathers who have a negative attitude.

4) These depressed faters were found to feel that their work environment was adverse and their economical condition was unsatisfactory.

5) Mothers who have such kind of partners experienced higher depression than those who did not.

　　These results suggest that father's support of their wives is essential for working mother's mental health, and that it is important to consider the factors such as work environment for fathers'positive attitude toward their wives' working.