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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.10.280

The Effects of Spouse's Housework Intervention on Women's Depression  

Kim, Eun-Jung (Dental Hygienics, Wonkwang Health Science University)
Yang, Hee-Jung (Public Health Administration, Yeoju Institute of Technology)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.10, 2018 , pp. 280-289 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the effects of spousal intervention in housework on female depression. To achieve this, an empirical 10-day field survey of 119 mothers of children after school age was conducted in Suwon, Incheon, Yeoju and Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do through structured questionnaires. The findings were as follows. Spousal intervention in housework had a significant effect on female depression, but there were different prevalence rates of female depression according to the status of spousal childcare on weekdays and weekends. In other words, there was a difference in the effects of spousal intervention in housework on female depression according to weekday childcare and weekend childcare. These findings indicate that reducing housework burdens by spousal intervention in housework helps to lower and prevent female depression. Consequently, because there is a difference in the effects of spousal intervention in housework on female depression according to the level of simple weekday or weekend childcare and the degree of intervention, spousal intervention and sharing all family management duties, including housework and childcare, can maximize the effect.
Keywords
Female Partner; Intervention in Housework; Female Depression; prevalence rates; mental stress;
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