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Title: Daily Grind: Work Stressors, Family Patterns, and Intergenerational Outcomes
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1. Menaghan, Elizabeth G.
Daily Grind: Work Stressors, Family Patterns, and Intergenerational Outcomes
In: Stress and Mental Health: Contemporary Issues and Future Prospects. W. Avison and I. Gotlib eds. New York, NY: Plenum, 1994
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Family Constraints; Family Size; General Assessment; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Maternal Employment; Stress; Well-Being; Working Conditions

Perhaps the most dramatic change in stress research in the last decade has been the enlarged understanding of what constitutes stressful circumstances. Much early stress research focused on discrete stressful events that had a clear onset. These events were sometimes clearly beyond the control of the individual and sometimes partially attributable to individual characteristics or actions. All of these events could be located in time; a researcher could compare well-being before and after their occurrence, and chart the duration of their effects. However, some of the most stressful conditions that humans face are not captured in this conceptualization. These are what have come to be referred to as chronic stressors, the demands and constraints that are an ineluctable part of social and economic arrangements. Primary are the relatively stable conditions associated with normatively expected adult occupational and family roles that individuals face in the boardroom, behind the word processor, or on the assembly line, and must consider their repercussions on everyday family interaction. Conversely, the search must include the recurring emotional and instrumental tasks that adults face as spouses and as parents, and must consider their effects on the individual well-being of all members of the family. Tracing the intergenerational repercussions of structured occupational arrangements is an important developing area of study.
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Menaghan, Elizabeth G. "Daily Grind: Work Stressors, Family Patterns, and Intergenerational Outcomes" In: Stress and Mental Health: Contemporary Issues and Future Prospects. W. Avison and I. Gotlib eds. New York, NY: Plenum, 1994