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Children's temperament and behavior problems predict their employed mothers' work functioning.

Janet Shibley Hyde1, Nicole M Else-Quest, H H Goldsmith

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA. jshyde@wisc.edu

Child Development
|April 2, 2004
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Mothers' work lives are impacted by their children's difficult temperaments. This effect is mediated by maternal parenting competence and mood, highlighting the bidirectional influence in dual-earner families.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Family Studies

Background:

  • Existing research predominantly examines how parental employment affects children.
  • The reciprocal influence of child behavior on parental work functioning remains under-explored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the spillover effect of the mother role onto the work role.
  • To examine the impact of child temperament on mothers' work outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study of over 300 families.
  • Assessment of child temperament at 4 months, 12 months, 3.5 years, and 4.5 years.
  • Analysis of mothers' work role quality and rewards from work-family integration.

Main Results:

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  • Child's difficult temperament at multiple developmental stages was significantly linked to mothers' work outcomes.
  • Mothers' sense of parenting competence and maternal depressed affect mediated the relationship between child temperament and work functioning.
  • Findings support a structural model of reciprocal influences between child behavior and maternal work experiences.

    • Conclusions:

    • Child temperament influences maternal work functioning, challenging previous unidirectional models.
    • Maternal psychological well-being (parenting competence, mood) plays a crucial role in mediating this spillover effect.
    • Understanding these bidirectional dynamics is vital for supporting dual-earner families.