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The Relationship of Maternal Employment to Early Adolescent Daily Experience With and Without Parents
Author(s) -
Richards Maryse H.,
Duckett Elena
Publication year - 1994
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.1467-8624.1994.tb00746.x
Subject(s) - psychology , experience sampling method , developmental psychology , leisure time , social psychology , medicine , physical activity , physical therapy
This study examines how maternal work may shape pre‐ and young adolescents' daily life experience. According to the procedures of the Experience Sampling Method (ESM), 295 10– 13‐year‐old children carried electronic pagers for 1 week and completed self‐report forms in response to random signals sent every other hour. Their daily experience did not differ by maternal employment status, with the following exceptions: full‐time maternal employment was associated with more time doing homework with mothers and less time in general leisure, while part‐time employment was associated with more time doing sports with parents. Relative to those with nonemployed mothers, youth with part‐time employed mothers reported more positive daily moods and higher self‐esteem, while youth reported time with full‐time employed mothers to be the friendliest. While children with employed mothers spent no less time with family, parents, friends, in class or alone, they spent more time alone with fathers.