Timing matters
Length of leave and working mothers' daily reentry regrets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9786003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bettina S Wiese (0000-0001-8798-9023, RWTH Aachen University, corresponding author), Johannes O Ritter (University of Erfurt) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1797-1807 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0026211 |
| PMID | 22103301 |
| OpenAlex | W2030395301 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 6 |
Dealing with developmental tasks in work and family domains is an important challenge for young and middle-aged adults. We investigated a transition that has evolved into a normative task for women, namely, the retransition back to paid work following maternity leave. In a diary study with 149 mothers who had just returned to work, we examined the daily experienced regrets concerning this return. In addition to personal resources (i.e., emotional stability, feeling prepared for the transition) and financial requirements needed to return to work, daily experienced family stress predicted decisional regrets. Moreover, our results suggest that leave length is related to psychological resilience in the face of day-to-day stress experiences: Late returners reported fewer regrets in general and were unaffected by daily family stress. Return-to-work regrets, in turn, were predictive of withdrawal intentions. This underlines the relevancy of the timing of the transition back to work in terms of successful development during this life phase
Developmental psychology · Feeling · Normative · Psychological resilience · Roller coaster · Task (project management · Work (physics · Aging and Gerontology Research · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |