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Children's Temperament and Behavior Problems Predict Their Employed Mothers' Work Functioning
Author(s) -
Hyde Janet Shibley,
ElseQuest Nicole M.,
Goldsmith H.H.,
Biesanz Jeremy C.
Publication year - 2004
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.1467-8624.2004.00694.x
Subject(s) - psychology , temperament , developmental psychology , competence (human resources) , spillover effect , affect (linguistics) , work (physics) , personality , social psychology , mechanical engineering , engineering , communication , economics , microeconomics
Numerous studies have been conducted on the impact of dual‐earner parents' employment on their children, yet the reverse process—the impact of children and their behavior on the work functioning of their parents—has been ignored. This study investigated spillover from the mother role to the work role in a sample of more than 300 families. At 4 months, 12 months, 3.5 years, and 4.5 years of age, child's difficult temperament was significantly associated with mother's work outcomes, including work role quality and rewards from combining work and family. The evidence was consistent with a structural model in which maternal sense of parenting competence and maternal depressed affect mediated these effects.