BEYOND THE SUPERWOMAN SYNDROME - WORK SATISFACTION AND FAMILY FUNCTIONING AMONG WORKING-CLASS, MEXICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN

The ''superwoman syndrome'' developed as a result of the mistaken beli ef that women's participation in outside employment was not to come at a cost to their homemaker responsibilities. The purpose of this inves tigation was to determine whether a ''superwoman mentality'' existed a mong working-class, Mexican American women in dual-earner families. Th e present study investigated the interaction of sex-role attitudes, th e division of household and child-care responsibilities, role strain, work satisfaction, and family functioning among working-class Mexican American women in dual-earner families. Findings from the present stud y indicate that Mexican American women do not subscribe to the superwo man myth. Instead, they seem to endorse an expansion of the husbands' roles to include housework and child care.