MULTIPLE ROLES AND IDENTITIES - FACTORS INFLUENCING SELF-ESTEEM AMONGMIDDLE-AGED WORKING MEN AND WOMEN

Authors
REITZES DC MUTRAN EJ
Citation
Dc. Reitzes et Ej. Mutran, MULTIPLE ROLES AND IDENTITIES - FACTORS INFLUENCING SELF-ESTEEM AMONGMIDDLE-AGED WORKING MEN AND WOMEN, Social psychology quarterly, 57(4), 1994, pp. 313-325
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social
Journal title
Social psychology quarterly → ACNP
ISSN journal
01902725
Volume
57
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
313 - 325
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-2725(1994)57:4<313:MRAI-F>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Data derived from in-depth telephone interviews with 818 full-time wor king men and women age 58 to 64 who live in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area are used to explore hypotheses about the influe nce of roles and identities on self-esteem. Findings include the follo wing: 1) neither role accumulation nor specific combinations of the ro les influence self-esteem; 2) commitment to the worker, spouse, and pa rental roles increases self-esteem; and 3) the influence of identity m eanings on self-esteem varies by role and gender.