TY - JOUR
T1 - Did Descriptive and Prescriptive Norms About Gender Equality at Home Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Cross-National Investigation
AU - Saxler, Franziska magdalena
AU - Dorrough, Angela r.
AU - Froehlich, Laura
AU - Block, Katharina
AU - Croft, Alyssa
AU - Meeussen, Loes
AU - Olsson, Maria i. t.
AU - Schmader, Toni
AU - Schuster, Carolin
AU - Van grootel, Sanne
AU - Van laar, Colette
AU - Atkinson, Ciara
AU - Benson-Greenwald, Tessa
AU - Birneanu, Andreea
AU - Cavojova, Vladimira
AU - Cheryan, Sapna
AU - Lee kai chung, Albert
AU - Danyliuk, Ivan
AU - Dar-Nimrod, Ilan
AU - De lemus, Soledad
AU - Diekman, Amanda
AU - Eisner, Léïla
AU - Estevan-Reina, Lucía
AU - Fedáková, Denisa
AU - Gavreliuc, Alin
AU - Gavreliuc, Dana
AU - Germano, Adriana l.
AU - Hässler, Tabea
AU - Henningsen, Levke
AU - Ishii, Keiko
AU - Kundtová klocová, Eva
AU - Kozytska, Inna
AU - Kulich, Clara
AU - Lapytskaia aidy, Christina
AU - López lópez, Wilson
AU - Morandini, James
AU - Ramis, Tamilselvan
AU - Scheifele, Carolin
AU - Steele, Jennifer
AU - Steffens, Melanie c.
AU - Velásquez díaz, Laura maría
AU - Venegas, Mar
AU - Martiny, Sarah e.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.
PY - 2024/1/29
Y1 - 2024/1/29
N2 - Using data from 15 countries, this article investigates whether descriptive and prescriptive gender norms concerning housework and child care (domestic work) changed after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results of a total of 8,343 participants (M = 19.95, SD = 1.68) from two comparable student samples suggest that descriptive norms about unpaid domestic work have been affected by the pandemic, with individuals seeing mothers’ relative to fathers’ share of housework and child care as even larger. Moderation analyses revealed that the effect of the pandemic on descriptive norms about child care decreased with countries’ increasing levels of gender equality; countries with stronger gender inequality showed a larger difference between pre- and post-pandemic. This study documents a shift in descriptive norms and discusses implications for gender equality—emphasizing the importance of addressing the additional challenges that mothers face during health-related crises.
AB - Using data from 15 countries, this article investigates whether descriptive and prescriptive gender norms concerning housework and child care (domestic work) changed after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results of a total of 8,343 participants (M = 19.95, SD = 1.68) from two comparable student samples suggest that descriptive norms about unpaid domestic work have been affected by the pandemic, with individuals seeing mothers’ relative to fathers’ share of housework and child care as even larger. Moderation analyses revealed that the effect of the pandemic on descriptive norms about child care decreased with countries’ increasing levels of gender equality; countries with stronger gender inequality showed a larger difference between pre- and post-pandemic. This study documents a shift in descriptive norms and discusses implications for gender equality—emphasizing the importance of addressing the additional challenges that mothers face during health-related crises.
KW - COVID-19
KW - cross-national comparison
KW - descriptive gender norms
KW - domestic work
KW - gender stereotypes
KW - prescriptive gender norms
KW - work-family division
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85183862332
M3 - Article
SN - 0146-1672
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
ER -
