Maternal employment effects on families and preterm infants at 18 months Article

Youngblut, JM, Loveland-Cherry, CJ, Horan, M. (1994). Maternal employment effects on families and preterm infants at 18 months . NURSING RESEARCH, 43(6), 331-337. 10.1097/00006199-199411000-00003

cited authors

  • Youngblut, JM; Loveland-Cherry, CJ; Horan, M

authors

abstract

  • The proposes of this study were to investigate the effects of maternal employment, maternal employment attitude/behavior consistency, and degree of choice and satisfaction with the employment decision on family functioning and preterm infant development and to describe changes in family functioning overtime. Data were collected in the family’s home (N = 79) when the infant was 3, 9, and 18 months old. Parents in nonemployed-mother families were mow satisfied with their families at 18 months than parents in employed-mother families. Decreases in family cohesion and/or adaptability from 9 to 18 months were seen for fathers in employed-mother families, for mothers in nonemployed-mother families, and for mothers in families whew the mother's employment attitudes and behaviors were consistent. Degree of choice was positively related to the child’s mental development, mother’s perception of family cohesion, and mother’s and father’s satisfaction with family. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.

publication date

  • January 1, 1994

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start page

  • 331

end page

  • 337

volume

  • 43

issue

  • 6