Mothers at work : effects on children's well-being / Lois W. Hoffman, Lise M. Youngblade with Rebekah Levine Coley, Allison Sidle Fuligni, Donna Dumm Kovacs.
"This important book examines the effects of the mother's employment on family life and children's well-being. It starts with a thorough review of previous research on this topic and then reports the results of a study designed to answer the key questions that emerge. The study focuse...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in social and emotional development.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Sample text |
| Summary: | "This important book examines the effects of the mother's employment on family life and children's well-being. It starts with a thorough review of previous research on this topic and then reports the results of a study designed to answer the key questions that emerge. The study focuses on 369 families with an elementary school child, living in an industrialized city in the Midwest. They include both one-parent and two-parent families, African Americans and Whites, and a broad range of economic circumstances. Extensive data have been obtained from mothers, fathers, children, teachers, classroom peers, and school records. The analysis reveals how the mother's employment status affects the father's role, the mother's sense of well-being, and childrearing patterns and how these, in turn, affect the child." "Mothers at Work provides an intimate picture of urban life and how families cope with mothers' employment. It will be valuable reading for social workers, therapists, policy makers, and scholars in child development and women's studies."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521668964 9780521668965 0511629478 9780511629471 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511629471 |