Belinda Hewitt

Gender differences in the association between unpaid labour and mental health in employed adults: a systematic review.

Jennifer Ervin, Yamna Taouk, Ludmila Fleitas Alfonzo, Belinda Hewitt, Tania King

Journal article  |  2022  |  Lancet Public Health

Globally, billions of hours are spent on unpaid labour every year, a burden that is disproportionately carried by women. However, ..

Reciprocal relationships between time pressure and mental or physical health in Australian mothers of preschool aged children

Belinda Hewitt, Mara A Yerkes, Amanda Cooklin, Lyndall Strazdins

Journal article  |  2022  |  SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

The associations between time pressure and health are typically conceptualised and examined as unidirectional. This study examined..

Restless sleep and emotional wellbeing among European full-time dual-earner couples: gendered impacts of children and workplace demands

Xiao Tan, Leah Ruppanner, Belinda Hewitt, David Maume

Journal article  |  2022  |  Contemporary Social Science

Role strain theory illuminates how work and family impinge on our intimate lives in gendered ways. Drawing upon data from the 2012..

Children's sleep and fathers' health and wellbeing: A systematic review

Laetitia Coles, Karen Thorpe, Simon Smith, Belinda Hewitt, Leah Ruppanner, Olivia Bayliss, Martin O'Flaherty, Sally Staton

Journal article  |  2021  |  SLEEP MEDICINE REVIEWS

Night-waking is typical across infancy and early childhood, inevitably disrupting family sleep. For some children, sleep problems ..

P024 Children’s sleep and fathers’ health and wellbeing: a systematic review

L Coles, K Thorpe, S Smith, B Hewitt, L Ruppanner, O Bayliss, M O’Flaherty, S Staton

Journal article  |  2021  |  SLEEP Advances

Abstract Introduction Night-waking is typical across infancy and early childho..

The Dynamics of Family Formation and Dissolution

Belinda Hewitt

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC REVIEW

The HILDA Survey has provided an unprecedented opportunity to investigate the determinants and consequences of family formation an..

Parents' Sleep Across Weekdays and Weekends: The Influence of Work, Housework, and Childcare Time

Leah Ruppanner, Ben Maltby, Belinda Hewitt, David Maume

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES

Children increase time demands with important consequences for sleep. Here, we test whether parents’ paid and unpaid time demands ..

Do psychosocial job stressors differentially affect the sleep quality of men and women? A study using the HILDA Survey

AJ Scovelle, T King, M Shields, A O'Neil, T Lallukka, B Hewitt, A Milner

Journal article  |  2021  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

The aim of this study was to investigate whether gender was an effect modifier of the relationship between three psychosocial job ..

Do managers sleep well? The role of gender, gender empowerment and economic development

Xiao Tan, Leah Ruppanner, David Maume, Belinda Hewitt

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLoS One

Work demands often disrupt sleep. The stress of higher status theory posits that workers with greater resources often experience g..

The consequences of household composition and household change for Indigenous health: evidence from eight waves of the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC)

Belinda Hewitt, Maggie Walter

Journal article  |  2021  |  Health Sociology Review

Households are important health contexts, providing social, emotional, financial and material support, but little is known about t..