Family business • Wives or partners of truck drivers whose
6th September 1986, Page 18
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work takes them away from home for long periods have been asked to take part in a study being undertaken on this subject. Psychology masters students Annette Jockel has told the Australian journal Bus & Truck (June edition) that there is a need to study the impact of truck driving on the family lifestyle, health and welfare.
"Partner, absence may be stressful as such a lifestyle requires frequent re-adjustment of the household," she says. "Members of the family need to be self-reliant when the worker is away and then change their routines to accommodate him when he returns."