The goal congruity perspective provides a theoretical framework to understand how
motivational processes influence and are influenced by social roles. In particular, we invoke …

Household labor is commonly defined as a set of physical tasks such as cooking, cleaning,
and shopping. Sociologists sometimes reference non-physical activities related to …

The global pandemic has led to an unprecedented shift to remote work that will likely persist
to some degree into the future. Telecommuting's impact on flexibility and work family conflict …

We address the issue of invisible labor in the home by examining how the distribution of the
mental and emotional labor inherent in managing the household between spouses may be …

The shift to more time-intensive and child-centered parenting in the United States is widely
assumed to be positively linked to healthy child development, but implications for adult well …

Scholarship on work and family topics expanded in scope and coverage during the 2000–
2010 decade, spurred by an increased diversity of workplaces and of families, by …

Over the last forty years, the number of American households with a stay-at-home parent has
dwindled as women have increasingly joined the paid workforce and more women raise …

Ninety-five percent of American kids have Internet access by age 11; the average number of
texts a teenager sends each month is well over 3,000. More families report that technology …

This study suggests that multitasking constitutes an important source of gender inequality,
which can help explain previous findings that mothers feel more burdened and stressed …

Previous research on the association between parenthood and life satisfaction has shown
that parents of minor children are not more satisfied with their lives than childless people …