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Changes in Parents' Work Status and Adolescents' Adjustment at School
Author(s) -
Flanagan Constance A.,
Eccles Jacquelynne S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1993.tb02907.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , work (physics) , longitudinal study , medicine , mechanical engineering , pathology , engineering
The effects of change in parental work status on early adolescents' school adjustment before and after the transition to junior high school were examined in a 2‐year longitudinal study. Data were gathered from 883 adolescents, their mothers, and teachers. Based on patterns of change or stability in parental work status during the 2 years of the study, 4 groups were compared: deprived, declining, recovery, and stable families. With parents' education controlled, teachers said that adolescents in deprived and declining families were less competent than their peers in stable or recovery families. In addition, adolescents whose parents experienced a decline in work status were the most disruptive in junior high school. While most students had difficulty adjusting to junior high school, the transition was particularly difficult for those students whose parents were simultaneously dealing with changes in work status.

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