Sattler Kierra M P, Prickett Kate C, Crosnoe Robert
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Fam Relat. 2024 Apr;73(2):1159-1177. doi: 10.1111/fare.12917. Epub 2023 Jun 30.
In this study, we investigated the interplay of positive work conditions with parenting behaviors across children's first 4 years.
Most mothers in the United States are employed in paid work during their children's early years. Research typically has focused on the ways that such employment can conflict with the intensive demands of parenting, but it can also help mothers socially and psychologically during this important period of children's development.
Integrating federal survey data on occupational conditions with parenting reports of job flexibility and parenting behaviors from 5,250 mothers in the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, we estimated how work conditions were associated with stimulating and sensitive parenting and whether these associations were stronger for mothers with lower income.
Results of autoregressive modeling demonstrated that job flexibility, opportunities for mastery, and opportunities for connection were positively associated with a composite measure of stimulating and sensitive parenting. Significant interactions indicated that many associations were more pronounced for mothers with lower income.
Our results build upon prior work, demonstrating that positive work conditions can support parenting during early childhood and that this is especially true for low-income households.
These results bridge the work-family and parenting literatures with important policy implications, such as adopting family-friendly policies within companies.
在本研究中，我们调查了积极的工作条件与儿童头4年养育行为之间的相互作用。
在美国，大多数母亲在孩子幼年时从事有薪工作。研究通常关注这种就业与育儿的高强度需求可能产生冲突的方式，但它也可以在儿童发展的这一重要时期在社交和心理方面帮助母亲。
将关于职业状况的联邦调查数据与来自具有全国代表性的儿童早期纵向研究——出生队列中5250名母亲的工作灵活性和养育行为的育儿报告相结合，我们估计了工作条件与激励性和敏感性养育之间的关联，以及这些关联对于低收入母亲是否更强。
自回归模型的结果表明，工作灵活性、掌控机会和联系机会与激励性和敏感性养育的综合指标呈正相关。显著的交互作用表明，许多关联在低收入母亲中更为明显。
我们的结果建立在先前研究的基础上，表明积极的工作条件可以在幼儿期支持养育，对于低收入家庭尤其如此。
这些结果将工作-家庭和养育文献联系起来，具有重要的政策意义，例如在公司内采用家庭友好型政策。
