All in a Day's Work: Job Experiences, Self-Esteem, and Fathering in Working-Class Families

Grimm-Thomas, Karen; Perry‐Jenkins, Maureen

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“…Cooksey et al (1997) found that children had fewer behavior problems when their mother's work involved more autonomy working with people and more problem-solving opportunities. Similarly, others found that fathers with greater job complexity and autonomy were less authoritarian (Grimm-Thomas & Perry-Jenkins 1994) and responded with greater warmth to their children and more verbal explanations (Greenberger et al 1994). However, the process probably operates in both directions: The home experience of parents affects their job performance as well.…”

Section: Beyond Maternal Employment: Quality Of Mother and Father Empmentioning

confidence: 92%

Development in the Family

Parke

2004

Annu. Rev. Psychol.

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In this chapter we review theoretical conceptual and empirical advances in family research and the implications for children's development. Three interdependent family subsystems are considered: the parent-child subsystem, the marital subsystem, and the sibling subsystem. Recent work on the family as a unit of analysis is reviewed as well. Several determinants of family socialization strategies are noted, including child and parental characteristics and resources and social capital available to families. Ethnicity is considered by reviewing recent advances in our understanding of African American, Asian American, and Hispanic families. Several new directions in family research are highlighted. These include research on the linkage between families and work, gay and lesbian parenting, the new reproductive technologies, and the effect of parental incarcerations on families. Future trends in family research are noted, including the role of genetics, the biological correlates of family processes, the role of intervention and prevention designs in family research, and the importance of process work on ethnicity-oriented family research.

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Section: Beyond Maternal Employment: Quality Of Mother and Father Empmentioning

confidence: 92%

Development in the Family

Parke

2004

Annu. Rev. Psychol.

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155

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“…4 While work remains a central element in many men's lives, how work shapes a father's ability to develop close relationships with his children remains virtually unexamined. Studies of healthy infants and children suggest that positive work experiences translate into positive fathering styles 8 and a higher quality of infant interaction. 9 Fathers who were more actively involved in parenting had children who scored higher on measurements of locus of control, empathy, selfesteem, and social competence.…”

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The Primacy of Work and Fathering Preterm Infants

Pohlman

2005

Advances in Neonatal Care

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“…Both job autonomy and variety have been frequently linked to higher worker well-being (Hackman and Oldham 1976; Karasek 1979; Kohn and Schooler 1978) and, more recently, to the reduction of work–family conflict (Friedman and Greenhaus 2000; Grimm-Thomas and Perry-Jenkins 1994; Grzywacz and Butler 2005). In general, there appears to be an attenuating effect of autonomy and variety on work–family conflict, and a positive effect on parenting style and other personality features (i.e.…”

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The Impact of Subjective Work Control, Job Strain and Work–Family Conflict on Fertility Intentions: a European Comparison

Begall

Mills

2011

Eur J Population

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The link between employment and fertility is often only examined by focussing on women’s labour market status or the impact of part- versus full-time employment. This study introduces a new explanation by extending research to examine how women’s subjective perceptions of control or autonomy over work, job strain and work–family conflict influence fertility intentions. National-level measures of childcare enrolment under the age of three and the occurrence of part-time work are also included to examine their relation to fertility intentions and their interplay with perceptions of work. Using data from 23 countries from the 2004/5 European Social Survey (ESS), multilevel logistic regression models of fertility intentions are estimated separately for women without children and women with one child. Women with higher levels of work control are significantly more likely to intend to have a second child. Higher levels of job strain (time pressure) significantly lower fertility intentions for mothers in contexts where childcare availability is low. The prevalence of part-time work amongst the female work force significantly predicts the intention to become a mother but has different effects for women who work part-time themselves compared with full-time employees.

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All in a Day's Work: Job Experiences, Self-Esteem, and Fathering in Working-Class Families

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Development in the Family

Development in the Family

The Primacy of Work and Fathering Preterm Infants

The Impact of Subjective Work Control, Job Strain and Work–Family Conflict on Fertility Intentions: a European Comparison

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