Hausarbeitsbezogenes Bewältigungsverhalten in Paarbeziehungen. Zu den Auswirkungen des individuellen Umgangs mit der häuslichen Arbeitsteilung auf die Stabilisierung und Veränderung geschlechtstypischer Arbeitsteilungsmuster

This qualitative empirical study investigates the coping strategies partners in married and unmarried couples employ in reaction to stress triggerd by perceived and felt discrapancies over housework.Starting point of the analysis is a theoretical framework that differentiates between three types of housework-ralated behaviour in cohabiting unions, a traditional, an individualistic and a pragmatic one. The emotional component is under the label "affectual" included in this typology. The sample consists of 120 interviews (problem focused interviews (Witzel) of married and unmarried couples with or without children sharing or not sharing one flat.The overall result is that genderd patterns of housework come about not primarily through gender roles but through mechanisms embodied in the individual housework related coping strategies and in the interaction of the partners' strategies on the pair level.