Maternal Employment Stability in Early Childhood: Links with Child Behavior and Cognitive Skills

Autor/inn/en	Pilkauskas, Natasha V.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Waldfogel, Jane
Titel	Maternal Employment Stability in Early Childhood: Links with Child Behavior and Cognitive Skills
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 54 (2018) 3, S.410-427 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000438
Schlagwörter	Employment; Early Childhood Education; Child Behavior; Thinking Skills; Well Being; Low Income Groups; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Mothers; Child Development; Longitudinal Studies; Comparative Analysis; Check Lists; Children; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Child Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Dienstverhältnis; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Denkfähigkeit; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Mündliche Leistung; Wortschatz; Mother; Mutter; Kindesentwicklung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Checkliste; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	Although many studies have investigated links between maternal employment and children's wellbeing, less research has considered whether the stability of maternal employment is linked with child outcomes. Using unique employment calendar data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 2,011), an urban birth cohort study of largely low-income families, this paper investigates whether the stability of maternal employment in early childhood (birth to age 5) is linked with child behavior and cognitive skills at ages 5 and 9. Employment stability (continuous employment over all 5 years, low levels of job churning, longer job tenure) was linked with less child externalizing behavior, but there was little evidence to suggest stability was particularly important for PPVT and Woodcock-Johnson scores. Rather, for PPVT and Woodcock-Johnson scores, an increase in maternal employment in early childhood more generally was associated with higher scores. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01