Maternal Employment

The Child's Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID2588046
AuthorsRosemary Trimberger (corresponding author), Michael J Maclean, Michael Maclean (0000-0001-9685-3400)
Year1982
Volume44
Issue2
Pages469
Publication date1982-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/351554
OpenAlexW1994560303
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited2

Approximately fifty elementary school children from a Canadian city completed a qicestionnaire related to their perception of having working mothers. Using the statistical technique of 'path analysis, it was fbund that older children, girls, and children who staiv alone after school feel more negatively aftected by their mothers' employment than younger children, boys, and children who are supervised after school. Children's attitudes about their mothers' employment are influenced by their perception of their mothers' feelings about employment. These and other findings indicate that children's perceptions of their mothers' employment should be considered in the research on this topic

Developmental psychology · Feeling · Path analysis (statistics · Perception · Perspective (graphical · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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