Title of article :
Employed parents’ satisfaction with food-choice coping strategies. Influence of gender and structure
Author/Authors :
Christine E. Blake، نويسنده , , Carol M. Devine، نويسنده , , Elaine Wethington، نويسنده , , Margaret Jastran، نويسنده , , Tracy J. Farrell، نويسنده , , Carole A. Bisogni، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
دوماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages :
9
From page :
711
To page :
719
Abstract :
This study aimed to understand parents’ evaluations of the way they integrated work–family demands to manage food and eating. Employed, low/moderate-income, urban, U.S., Black, White, and Latino mothers (35) and fathers (34) participated in qualitative interviews exploring work and family conditions and spillover, food roles, and food-choice coping and family-adaptive strategies. Parents expressed a range of evaluations from overall satisfaction to overall dissatisfaction as well as dissatisfaction limited to work, family life, or daily schedule. Evaluation criteria differed by gender. Mothers evaluated satisfaction on their ability to balance work and family demands through flexible home and work conditions, while striving to provide healthy meals for their families. Fathers evaluated satisfaction on their ability to achieve schedule stability and participate in family meals, while meeting expectations to contribute to food preparation. Household, and especially work structural conditions, often served as sizeable barriers to parents fulfilling valued family food roles. These relationships highlight the critical need to consider the intersecting influences of gender and social structure as influences on adults’ food choices and dietary intake and to address the challenges of work and family integration among low income employed parents as a way to promote family nutrition in a vulnerable population.
Keywords :
Work–family spillover , Food-choice coping strategy , Food role , gender , Family structure
Journal title :
Appetite
Serial Year :
2009
Journal title :
Appetite
Record number :
955398
Link To Document :
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