Publication details
Number of roles and well-being among older adults in the Czech Republic
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | International Journal of Ageing and Later Life |
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| Citation | |
| web | http://www.ep.liu.se/ej/ijal/ijal_article.asp?DOI=10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.16-323 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.16-323 |
| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | Number of roles; stress; well-being; strain; enhancement; active aging |
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| Description | The article aims to analyze the relationship between number of roles, stress, and overall well-being among 50- to 70-year-olds in the Czech Republic and to assess whether this link can be at least partially attributed to other role-related factors, namely individual role types, role overload, and role strain. Using OLS regression, the number of roles was found to be positively related to both stress and overall well-being. The link between multiple roles and well-being among elderly Czechs was mostly irreducible to other role-related factors. However, some of the positive association between number of roles and stress was likely due to occupying a worker role, experiencing role overload and experiencing one role as particularly concerning or difficult, while some of the positive association between multiple roles and overall well-being was partially attributable to occupying grandparental and “active ager” roles. |
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