Does Maternal Employment Influence Poor Children's Social Development?.

Fuller, Bruce; Caspary, Gretchen; Kagan, Sharon Lynn; Gauthier, Christiane; Hnang, Danny Shih-Cheng; Carroll, Judith; McCarthy, Jan

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ERIC Number: EJ665031

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2002

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Does Maternal Employment Influence Poor Children's Social Development?

Fuller, Bruce; Caspary, Gretchen; Kagan, Sharon Lynn; Gauthier, Christiane; Hnang, Danny Shih-Cheng; Carroll, Judith; McCarthy, Jan

Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v17 n4 p470-97 2002

This study examined the relation between young children's social development and maternal employment among women who entered welfare-to-work programs. Structural equation models provided evidence that indicators of economic security, such as food security and job quality indicators, but not recent employment per se, operated through parenting practices and maternal depression to influence girls' and boys' social development. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Employed Parents, Family Financial Resources, Low Income Groups, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Poverty, Social Development, Social Support Groups, Welfare Reform, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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