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- Blom, Victoria, et al.
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Work–home interference and burnout in Swedish women and men : The importance of genetics and family environment
- 2013
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Genetic influences on perceived demands and burnout are shown in previous studies, suggesting genetic and shared environmental influences may underlie the associations between work–home interference and burnout. The present study sets out to increase the currently limited understanding of the biological and social correlates of work–home interference (WHI) by investigating whether WHI is related to burnout while taking sex, age, children, and genetic and shared environmental factors into account. A total of 13 730 individuals, including 2223 complete twin pairs, from the Swedish Twin Registry were included in the study. The effects of work–home conflict (WHC) and home–work conflict (HWC) on burnout between- and within-pairs were analyzed with Linear Mixed Models with and without stratification by sex. The results showed significant main effects of WHC and HWC on burnout and co-twin control analyses suggested that shared environmental factors may be involved in the association between HWC and burnout in women. As regards WHC and burnout, genetic or shared environmental factors did not seem to be involved. Adjustment for age and children did not change the results. The present study contributes with new knowledge of the mechanisms involved in the associations between work–home interference and burnout.
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- Lindfors, Petra, et al.
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Stress in paid and unpaid work as related to salivary cortisol measures and subjective health complaints in women working in the public sector
- 2017
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: From a biopsychosocial approach, moderate intensity and variation between demands of different life domains are central to health. Focusing on different aspects of work and non-work demands, we investigated how total workload (TWL) and work-family conflict (WFC) related to the stress marker cortisol and to subjective health complaints (SHC) among women working in the public sector. Overall, we hypothesized that more TWL and WFC would be reflected in poorer health.Design/methodology: Data came from a study of 250 women working within the health care sector. All provided self-reports in questionnaires on time spent on TWL and associated stress perceptions, WFC and SHC. A subsample of 68 women provided salivary samples during one workday. These samples were analyzed for cortisol and used to compute aggregate cortisol measures. Hierarchical regression analyses were performed to investigate how TWL and WFC were related to cortisol and SHC respectively.Results: TWL stress from unpaid work was associated with cortisol. Also, stress from both paid and unpaid work, and TWL-stress, were related to SHC. Importantly, number of hours spent on paid and unpaid work were not linked to any health-related measure. Instead, stress perceptions were associated with both cortisol and SHC. This underscores the importance of individuals’ experiences of demands from different life domains for different health-related measures.Limitations: We included only women.Research/practical implications: Time use data are insufficient meaning that self-reports of individual experiences are needed.Originality/value: Combining biomarker data with self-reports is an obvious strength.
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- Roll Bennet, Petra, 1968-, et al.
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Construction of continuity in relationships when someone close is transsexual
- 2013
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Ingår i: Engaging Sociology. - : The British Sociological Association. - 9780904569407 ; , s. 64-64
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The categorization of people into men and women are a predominant idea in contemporary society. When gender identities are radically changed, as sex change due to Transsexuality, close relationships might be changed and revisited. The over-all aim of this study is to explore how parents, partners, brothers and sisters and children of transsexual persons make sense of the relationship. Based on interviews with 15 close relatives to transsexuals living in the Stockholm area, the analysis reveals how the change of sex was regarded as a catastrophe, a breakthrough development, or both. The close relatives relate to the 'new' gender identity in line with the previous particular relationship, as partner, child etc. and because of cultural images of kinship, gender and health. The relatives either describe the sex change as central for the relationships or that the sex is unimportant. A common denominator identified is the relatives' construction of continuity in describing the past and present gender. Continuity is created in different ways; as recognizable physical signs, familiar behavior, own persistence feelings and as accounts of authenticity; both in their own and in the transsexuals identity. This authenticity is framed in ideas of a 'true self' and individuality. Different strategies were identified to be used in the process of constructing continuity. These findings are discussed as continuity in time and between inside and outside. Relatives alter these constructions to maintain a close relationship.
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- Roll Bennet, Petra, 1968-, et al.
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Om föräldrastöd och föräldraansvar kring barns fetma och övervikt
- 2013
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Ingår i: Conference NNHSH 2013. - Lund : Lund University. ; , s. 29-30
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- I Sverige liksom i många andra länder har barns övervikt och fetma ökat. Föräldrar anses ha en central betydelse för barns matvanor och fysiska aktivitet och föräldrar till barn med fetma utpekas, både i media och i medicinsk litteratur som ansvariga för barns övervikt och att deras livsstil är avgörande. Stöd och råd till föräldrar poängterar gränssättning, uppmuntran och att föräldern ska fungera som en förebild för barnet. Matvanor och vardaglig livsstil är på många sätt en privat och familjär angelägenhet och synen på föräldrar och barns hantering av barns övervikt och fetma är alltför ensidig. I detta paper undersöks hur föräldrar och hur föräldrar och barn förhåller sig till de rekommendationer som ges. Genom intervjuer med föräldrar till barn mellan 8-12 år diagnostiserade med övervikt/fetma visas hur föräldrar hanterar råd och anvisningar i sitt dagliga liv. Det visar sig att föräldrarna står inför ett komplext dilemma som innebär att de beaktar såväl fysisk som psykisk hälsa samt relationer i vardagliga förhandlingar mellan föräldrar och barn. Sett ur ett relationellt perspektiv utmanas idén om en rationell förälder som handlar i enlighet med kunskaper om vad som är en hälsosam livsstil och synen på barnet som passiv mottagare. Föräldraskap innebär således mycket mer än att kontrollera barnets vikt och sätta gränser.
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- Svedberg, Pia, et al.
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A twin study of work-home interference and the risk of future sickness absence with mental diagnoses
- 2016
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Ingår i: European Journal of Public Health, Volume 26 Issue suppl_1. - : Oxford University Press (OUP).
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- BackgroundWork-home interference has been proposed as an important explanation for sickness absence (SA). Previous studies show mixed results, and have not accounted for genetics and shared everyday environment (familial factors), or investigated diagnosis specific SA. The aim was to study if work-home interference predicts SA due to stress-related mental diagnoses, or SA due to other mental diagnoses, among women and men, when adjusting for various confounders and familial factors.MethodsThis prospective cohort study included 11,916 twins, 19-47 years (49% women).Data on work-to-home and home-to-work conflicts and relevant confounders were derived from a 2005 survey, and national register data on SA spells until 2013 were obtained. Odds Ratios (ORs) with 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs) were calculated. Discordant twin pair design was applied to adjust for familial factors.ResultsFor women, each one unit increase in work-to-home and home-to-work conflicts was associated with SA due to stress-related mental diagnoses and to SA due to other mental diagnoses, when adjusting for sociodemographic factors (ORs 1.15-1.31). With further adjustments for work, health-related or familial factors, none of the associations remained. For men, each one unit increase in work-to-home conflicts was associated with SA due to stress-related diagnoses (ORs 1.23-1.35), independently of confounders.ConclusionsWork-to-home conflict was independently associated with future SA due to stress-related diagnoses among men only. Health and familial factors are important confounders to consider when researching work-home interference and SA, especially among women. Not including such confounders involves risking drawing incorrect conclusions.
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