Blurred border or safe harbor? Emotional well-being among sexual and gender minority adults working from home during COVID-19.

Autor: Amerikaner L; University of Maryland, College Park, 3834 Campus Dr., College Park, MD, 20742, USA. Electronic address: lamerika@terpmail.umd.edu., Yan HX; University of Maryland, College Park, 3834 Campus Dr., College Park, MD, 20742, USA., Sayer LC; University of Maryland, College Park, 3834 Campus Dr., College Park, MD, 20742, USA., Doan L; University of Maryland, College Park, 3834 Campus Dr., College Park, MD, 20742, USA., Fish JN; University of Maryland, College Park, 3834 Campus Dr., College Park, MD, 20742, USA., Drotning KJ; University of Maryland, College Park, 3834 Campus Dr., College Park, MD, 20742, USA., Rinderknecht RG; Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Konrad-Zuse-Str. 1, 18057, Rostock, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Social science & medicine (1982) [Soc Sci Med] 2023 Apr; Vol. 323, pp. 115850. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 17.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115850
Abstrakt: During the COVID-19 pandemic, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) adults have experienced pronounced declines in well-being. However, less is known about how changes to daily routines and settings, such as the shift to remote work within many occupations, may be playing a role in well-being outcomes. Drawing on a unique time diary data source (N = 3515 respondents and 7650 episodes) collected between April 2020-July 2021 through online crowdsourcing platforms, we conducted random effects analyses to examine how working from home has been associated with experienced well-being among LGBTQ and cisgender heterosexual workers in the United States during the pandemic. Findings indicate LGBTQ adults felt significantly less stressed and tired while doing paid work at home than while working at a workplace. In addition, working at a workplace, rather than working from home, appeared to be more detrimental to LGBTQ adults' well-being compared to their non-LGBTQ counterparts. Adjusting for work characteristics explained some of the difference, whereas adjusting for family characteristics had little impact on the results. It is possible that for LGBTQ employees, working from home mitigates some of the minority stressors experienced during paid work.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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