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Holding the Belief That Gender Roles Can Change Reduces Women’s Work–Family Conflict

Content Provider	SAGE Publishing
Author	Townsend, Charlotte H. Kray, Laura J. Russell, Alexandra G.
Copyright Year	2023
Abstract	Across four studies (N = 1544), we examined the relationship between individuals’ gender role mindsets, or beliefs about the malleability versus fixedness of traditional gender roles, and work–family conflict. We found that undergraduate women (but not men) business students holding a fixed, compared to growth, gender role mindset anticipated more work–family conflict. Next, we manipulated gender role mindset and demonstrated a causal link between women’s growth mindsets (relative to fixed mindsets and control conditions) and reduced work–family conflict. We showed mechanistically that growth gender role mindsets unburden women from prescriptive gender roles, reducing work–family conflict. Finally, during COVID-19, we demonstrated a similar pattern among working women in high-achieving dual-career couples. We found an indirect effect of women’s gender role mindset on job and relationship satisfaction, mediated through work–family conflict. Our preregistered studies suggest that holding the belief that gender roles can change mitigates women’s work–family conflict.
Related Links	https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/01461672231178349?download=true
ISSN	01461672
Journal	Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSP)
e-ISSN	15527433
DOI	10.1177/01461672231178349
Language	English
Publisher	Sage Publications CA
Publisher Date	2023-06-18
Publisher Place	Los Angeles
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	© 2023 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc
Subject Keyword	gender differences mindsets work–family conflict COVID-19 gender roles
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Social Psychology

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