This study examines the effects of women's multiple roles on psychological well-being. The data were taken from a sample of 132 employed mothers who answered a questionnaire composed of three parts: a roles scale, that measures the quality of the two particular roles (paid worker, mother); a General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), that measures psychological well-being; and a marital satisfaction scale. Multiple regressions were carried out between all the variables and the criterion variable, the psychological well-being. Our results are in agreement with previous reports, showing that rewards from job autonomy and decision-making authority predicted measures of psychological well-being for all women, while marital satisfaction predicted for all women, except for those with high socio-economic status and those older than 39 years.
Multiplicity; roles; psychological well-being
