University of Michigan.
Columbia University.
Dev Psychol. 2018 Mar;54(3):410-427. doi: 10.1037/dev0000438. Epub 2017 Dec 18.
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. (PsycINFO Database Record
虽然许多研究都探讨了母亲就业与儿童福祉之间的联系，但很少有研究考虑母亲就业的稳定性是否与儿童的结果有关。本文利用脆弱家庭和儿童福利研究（N=2011）中独特的就业日历数据，这是一项针对大多为低收入家庭的城市出生队列研究，调查了母亲在儿童早期（出生到 5 岁）就业的稳定性是否与 5 岁和 9 岁儿童的行为和认知技能有关。就业稳定性（5 年内持续就业、低水平的工作变动、较长的工作任期）与儿童外化行为较少有关，但几乎没有证据表明稳定性对 PPVT 和伍兹科克-约翰逊分数特别重要。相反，对于 PPVT 和伍兹科克-约翰逊分数，儿童早期母亲就业的增加通常与更高的分数有关。
