Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Does neighbourhood context influence work-family conflict (WFC) and its mental health consequences? If so, how do these associations unfold? And do these processes differ for men and women? My dissertation research addresses these significant and timely questions. Recent changes in work and family domains have led to unprecedented levels of WFC. However, theories and research on the topic to date remain limited, because they emphasize individual-level antecedents to the exclusion of broader contexts, including individuals’ neighbourhood of residence. My study is among the first to effectively examine the impact of neighbourhood context on WFC and mental health consequences. I outline three overarching mechanisms through which neighbourhood influences WFC, including (a) the social composition of the neighbourhood, (b) processes of neighbourhood structural amplification; and, (c) the objective and perceived presence of community resources. I test my hypotheses using data from Toronto, Canada, compiled from a variety of sources, including individuals, the Canadian census, and municipal data on community resources. I use Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) techniques for all analyses to appropriately distinguish individual and neighbourhood-level variations. Collectively, the results from my dissertation research contribute to a more advanced framework of the antecedents of WFC and its mental health consequences compared to previous approaches—one that incorporates the importance of place.
Source: TSpace (University of Toronto)
Author: Marisa Young
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2246912559