[Working mothers and their significance for the children from the viewpoint of clinical psychology].

The possible effects of maternal employment on children were investigated. Whereas 30 years ago especially behavior disorders were found to be correlating, today the situation is more differentiate. Results suggest, that the effects of maternal employment have changed the years. The effects depend on the degree of the mother's satisfaction with her work, the sex of the children, social class, children's age, residential area, substitute care, the possibility to conciliate working and private needs as well as the attitude of society regarding working mothers. The part of the father in this connection is controversial. Lately unconscious motives of working (e.g. career drive resulting from early familial conflicts, marriage problems) or non-working (e.g. fear of occupational conflicts) mothers are regarded more intensively. Correlations are especially found to sex role understanding of the children, as well as to intelectual development and emotional stability dependent on further factors.