Stress among Early Adolescents in Two-Earner Families

Bibliographic Data

ID11670665
AuthorsGloria W Bird (Virginia Tech, corresponding author), Linda N Kemerait (Rutherford County School System)
Year1990
Volume10
Issue3
Pages344-365
Publication date1990-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431690103007
OpenAlexW2167893566
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited47

This study investigated the emotional stress reported by early adolescents in two-earner families in family, peer, and student roles. Data were collected from 173 eighth-grade adolescents (79 males and 94 females) and their two-earner parents. Role strain, coping strategies, psychological resources, and parental work characteristics were examined as determinants of adolescent emotional stress. Gender also was included in the analyses as a control variable. Overall, the adolescents sampled reported low to moderate levels of emotional stress across roles. Role strain was found to be a key factor in explaining early adolescent stress levels. Results were less supportive of the influence of psychological resources and gender as moderators of stress. Coping strategies were found to be especially important in explaining stress outcomes as an adolescent family member. Parental work characteristics did not explain any of the variance in emotional stress in family, peer, or student roles. Implications of these findings are discussed

Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Stress (linguistics · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology