The precarity of progress: implications of a shifting gendered division of labor for relationships and well‑being as a function of country‑level gender equality

• Main Authors: Fisher, Alexandra N., Ryan, Michelle K, Liao, Yuan-Hsi, Mikolajczak, Gosia, Riedijk, Larisa, Leander, N Pontus, Abakoumkin, Georgios, Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum, Ahmedi, Vjollca, Agostini, Maximilian, Atta, Mohsin, Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem, Belanger, Jocelyn J, Kida, Edona Berisha, Bernardo, Allan B. I., Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit, Choi, Hoon-Seok, Cristea, Mioara, Damnjanović, Kaja, Danyliuk, Ivan, Di Santo, Daniela, Douglas, Karen M, Enea, Violeta, Fitzsimons, Gavan J, Gómez, Ángel, Gutzkow, Ben, Hamaidia, Ali, Helmy, Mai, Hudiyana, Joevarian, Jovanović, Veljko, Kende, Anna, Keng, Shian-Ling, Tra, Thi Thanh Kieu, Koc, Yasin, Kreienkamp, Jannis, Kurapov, Anton, Lantos, Nóra Anna, Lemay Jr., Edward P, Lueders, Adrian, Malik, Najma Iqbal, McCabe, Kira O, Mehulić, Jasmina, Molinario, Erica, Moyano, Manuel, Muhammad, Hayat, Muluk, Hamdi, Nisa, Claudia F, Nyúl, Boglárka, O'Keefe, Paul A, Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas, Osin, Evgeny N, Park, Joonha, Pica, Gennaro, Pierro, Antonio, Rees, Jonas H, Reitsema, Anne Margit, Rullo, Marika, Samekin, Adil, Schumpe, Birga M, Selim, Heyla A, Stanton, Michael Vicente, Tseliou, Eleftheria, vanDellen, Michelle R, Vázquez, Alexandra, Wollast, Robin, Yeung, Victoria Wai-lan, Zand, Somayeh, Žeželj, Iris Lav, Zúñiga, Claudia
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Springer Nature 2024
• Subjects: BF Psychology; HQ 1075 Sex role; HM Sociology; HM1001 Social psychology; RA Public aspects of medicine; RA644.C67 Coronavirus infections. COVID-19 (Disease). COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/112947/1/112947_The%20precarity%20of%20progress.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/112947/2/112947_The%20precarity%20of%20progress_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/112947/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-024-01453-6

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a shift toward a more traditional division of labor–one where women took greater responsibility for household tasks and childcare than men. We tested whether this regressive shift was more acutely perceived and experienced by women in countries with greater g...