role conflict

See also: rôle conflict

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role conflict (countable and uncountable, plural role conflicts)

  1. (sociology) A conflict among the roles corresponding to two or more statuses.
    • 1982 January 10, Lawrence Van Gelder, “Long Islanders: Farm Life Idyllic? He Says It Isn’t So”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:
      “Most farm wives,” he [Alan D. Berkowitz] said, “report some degree of role conflict” – the sort of difficulty that arises, for example, when the wife is responsible for providing child care as well as carrying out her job. “And wives with extreme amounts of role conflict are more likely to experience psychological stress.”

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  • Macionis, John J. Eight Edition Society the Basics. Person Prentice Hall. New Jersey. 2006
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