WHERE 2 ROLES INTERSECT - SPILLOVER BETWEEN PARENT CARE AND EMPLOYMENT

Spillover between the roles of parent care and employment was assessed in a sample of 105 employed adult daughter caregivers. This research examined how these 2 roles affect one another, both positively and neg atively, and how such spillover was related to caregivers' psychologic al well-being. Path analyses indicated that negative spillover was an important mediating mechanism in the relationship between role stress and depression. In contrast, no evidence was found to suggest that pos itive spillover mediated the relationship between role satisfaction an d positive affect. Findings extend prior research that has documented that caregiving and employment can interfere with one another by demon strating that such spillover has implications for caregivers' emotiona l health.