Mothers' and Fathers' Work Hours, Child Gender, and Behavior in Middle Childhood

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, Sarah; Li, Jianghong; Kendall, Garth; Strazdins, Lyndall; Jacoby, Peter
Titel	Mothers' and Fathers' Work Hours, Child Gender, and Behavior in Middle Childhood
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 75 (2013) 1, S.56-74 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
Schlagwörter	Child Behavior; Family Work Relationship; Employed Parents; Foreign Countries; Age Differences; Fathers; Employment Level; Behavior Problems; Parent Child Relationship; Parenting Styles; Gender Differences; Mothers; Working Hours; Stress Variables; Family Income; Educational Attainment; Health; Predictor Variables; Australia; Family Assessment Device; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Beschäftigungsgrad; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Mother; Mutter; Hours of work; Arbeitszeit; Familieneinkommen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Gesundheit; Prädiktor; Australien
Abstract	This study examined the association between typical parental work hours (including nonemployed parents) and children's behavior in two-parent heterosexual families. Child behavior was measured by the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) at ages 5, 8, and 10 in the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study ("N" = 4,201 child-year observations). Compared to those whose fathers worked fewer hours per week, children whose fathers worked 55 hours or more per week had significantly higher levels of externalizing behavior. This association was not explained by father-child time during the week, poorer family functioning, or overreactive parenting practice. Further, when stratifying the analysis by child gender, this association appeared to exist only in boys. Mothers' work hours were unrelated to children's behavioral problems. The role of parent and child gender in the relationships between parental work hours and children's behavioral problems, together with mediating factors, warrants further investigation. (Contains 3 tables, 1 figure, and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10