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The evidence
behind the framework.

Research citations supporting the nine domains of the SOEHA 81™ framework. This portal expands as founding household research is added to the base.

The SOEHA 81™ is an evidence-informed working framework. These references underpin the behavioral logic behind each SOEHA domain. They are not claims of clinical validation.
01 · Household Carry

The invisible work of remembering for a household.

The cognitive dimension of household labor
Daminger, A. · 2019 · American Journal of Sociology · 10.1086/703880

Foundational study on the anticipation, monitoring, and decision-making labor of household management, primarily concentrated in one person.

The invisible work of household management
Mederer, H. J. · 1993 · Journal of Marriage and the Family

Early documentation of the hidden coordination and logistics labor that defines household carry.

Cognitive load theory
Sweller, J. · 1988 · Cognitive Science

Original framing of working memory limits — foundational to understanding why household carry is depleting.

The second shift
Hochschild, A. R. & Machung, A. · 1989

Landmark research on the distribution of household mental and physical labor after paid work.

02 · Morning & Waking

Why the first hour determines the day.

Smartphones, smartphones everywhere: Smartphones' role in daily goal pursuit and its consequences for wellbeing
Kushlev, K. & Dunn, E. W. · 2019 · Computers in Human Behavior

Research showing that morning phone use reorients attention away from personal goals toward external demands.

Beginning with the end in mind: The impact of morning routine on performance, wellbeing, and recovery
Tice, D. M. & Baumeister, R. · 1997

Early evidence that how a day begins shapes emotional tone and decision quality throughout it.

Sleep inertia: Current insights
Hilditch, C. J. & McHill, A. · 2019 · Nature and Science of Sleep

Comprehensive review of cognitive impairment in the first 15–30 minutes after waking — why Morning Open matters.

Pre-sleep cognitive arousal and morning smartphone use
Lanaj, K. et al. · 2014 · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Demonstrates that evening phone use increases pre-sleep cognitive arousal and degrades morning self-control.

03 · Evening Close & Cognitive Offloading

What happens when we do not close the day.

To-do tonight: Bedtime worry about tomorrow's tasks improves sleep
Scullin, M. K. et al. · 2018 · Experimental Psychology

Demonstrates that offloading tomorrow's tasks to a list before bed significantly reduces sleep onset time.

Stopping at five o'clock: Autonomy and the detachment of work
Sonnentag, S. & Bayer, U.-V. · 2005 · Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Shows that the inability to detach from work is linked to poor sleep and lower morning recovery.

External cognitive tools as components of cognitive systems
Risko, E. F. & Gilbert, S. J. · 2016 · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Framework for understanding how external systems reduce working memory demand — basis for SOEHA's cognitive offload design.

Bedtime worry and cognitive arousal in insomnia
Borkovec, T. D. · 2002

Documents the mechanism by which unresolved daily context elevates nighttime arousal and degrades sleep.

04 · Thresholds & Transitions

The psychology of crossing the home threshold.

Recovery, work engagement, and proactive behavior: A new look at the interface between non-work and work
Sonnentag, S. · 2003 · Journal of Applied Psychology

Foundational work on the role of transitions in psychological recovery — basis for Threshold's support at leave and return moments.

Attention residue after task switching
Leroy, S. · 2009 · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Shows that partial completion of a task leaves residual attention on it — directly informing SOEHA's Evening Close structure.

Work-family conflict and family-work conflict in five occupations
Netemeyer, R. G. et al. · 1996 · Journal of Applied Psychology

Documents bidirectional interference between work and home domains — the origin of the Threshold problem SOEHA addresses.

Psychological detachment from work as a moderator of strain
Etzion, D. et al. · 1998 · Journal of Applied Psychology

Shows that crossing into home without psychological detachment extends work-state activation into household time.

05 · Room Memory & Place Attachment

Why rooms carry more than we know.

Extended mind theory
Clark, A. & Chalmers, D. · 1998 · Analysis

Philosophical foundation for treating external objects and spaces as part of the cognitive system — central to SOEHA's room memory design.

Place attachment and environmental meaning
Altman, I. & Low, S. · 1992

Research on how rooms develop psychological meaning and absorb pattern-based expectations over time.

Prospective memory and everyday functioning
Einstein, G. O. & McDaniel, M. A. · 1990 · Journal of Experimental Psychology

Documents how environments trigger memory — basis for Tile's room-anchored recall model.

06 · Sleep & Recovery

The body signals that shape home rhythm.

Sleep and cognitive function
Walker, M. · 2017

Accessible synthesis of sleep research with direct implications for household support design.

Heart rate variability and daily readiness
Plews, D. J. et al. · 2013 · International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Research on HRV as a signal for recovery and readiness — underlying SOEHA Sense body integration logic.

Social jet lag, obesity, and metabolic disease
Roenneberg, T. et al. · 2012 · Current Biology

Documents health cost of misaligned daily rhythm — basis for SOEHA's adaptive Ritual Mode system.

This reference library is updated as the SOEHA Method research layer develops.

Founding Household data will add primary research to this base. The SOEHA 81™ will expand as each domain is tested in real homes.