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Mothers' work-family conflict and enrichment: associations with parenting quality and couple relationship
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posted on 2015-03-01, 00:00 authored by A R Cooklin, Elizabeth WestruppElizabeth Westrupp, L Strazdins, R Giallo, A Martin, J M NicholsonBACKGROUND: Employment participation of mothers of young children has steadily increased in developed nations. Combining work and family roles can create conflicts with family life, but can also bring enrichment. Work-family conflict and enrichment experienced by mothers may also impact children's home environments via parenting behaviour and the couple relationship, particularly in the early years of parenting when the care demands for young children is high. METHODS: In order to examine these associations, while adjusting for a wide range of known covariates of parenting and relationship quality, regression models using survey data from 2151 working mothers of 4- to 5-year-old children are reported. RESULTS/CONCLUSION: Results provided partial support for the predicted independent relationships between work-family conflict, enrichment and indicators of the quality of parenting and the couple relationship.
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Child: care health and developmentVolume
41Issue
2Pagination
266 - 277Publisher
WileyLocation
Chichester, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1365-2214Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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maternal employmentparentingwork-family conflictwork-family gainswork-family strainsAdultAustraliaChild, PreschoolEmploymentFamily ConflictFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMiddle AgedMother-Child RelationsMothersPsychometricsSocial ClassWomen, WorkingYoung AdultSocial SciencesScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicinePsychology, DevelopmentalPediatricsPsychologyMENTAL-HEALTHPHYSICAL HEALTHMULTIPLE ROLESCHILDRENSOUTCOMESGENDERANTECEDENTSINEQUALITYCHILDHOODTIMEEducation
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