Although working mothers and fathers are almost as likely to think about family matters throughout the day, only for mothers is this type of
mental labor associated with increased stress and negative emotions, according to new research to be presented at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.
Offer also used the ESM responses to create two categories for emotional behavior: 1) positive, meaning the emotions
associated with a particular
mental labor caused cheerful, relaxed, or happy feelings and 2) negative, meaning emotions
associated with the
mental -
labor created feelings of stress or worry.