Nonstandard Maternal Work Schedules: Implications for African American Children's Early Language Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Odom, Erika C.; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Crouter, Ann C.
Titel	Nonstandard Maternal Work Schedules: Implications for African American Children's Early Language Outcomes
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28 (2013) 2, S.379-387 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2006
DOI	10.1016/j.ecresq.2012.10.001
Schlagwörter	Language Aptitude; Parent Child Relationship; African American Children; Expressive Language; Language Acquisition; Picture Books; Working Hours; Mothers; Child Language; African American Family; Toddlers; Young Children; Early Childhood Education; African American Employment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachbegabung; Spracheignung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Hours of work; Arbeitszeit; Mother; Mutter; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Frühe Kindheit; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik
Abstract	In this study, observed maternal positive engagement and perception of work-family spillover were examined as mediators of the association between maternal nonstandard work schedules and children's expressive language outcomes in 231 African American families living in rural households. Mothers reported their work schedules when their child was 24 months of age and children's expressive language development was assessed during a picture book task at 24 months and with a standardized assessment at 36 months. After controlling for family demographics, child, and maternal characteristics, maternal employment in nonstandard schedules at the 24-month timepoint was associated with lower expressive language ability among African American children concurrently and at 36 months of age. Importantly, the negative association between nonstandard schedules and children's expressive language ability at 24 months of age was mediated by maternal positive engagement and negative work-family spillover, while at 36 months of age, the association was mediated only by negative work-family spillover. These findings suggest complex links between mothers' work environments and African American children's developmental outcomes. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10