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Maternal Employment and Children’s Development

Longitudinal Research

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Editors:
  1. Adele Eskeles Gottfried

    1. Department of Educational Psychology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, USA

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  2. Allen W. Gottfried

    1. Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Studies in Work and Industry (SSWI)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Maternal Employment and Children’s Development

      • Adele Eskeles Gottfried
      Pages 3-8

  3. Longitudinal Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Maternal Employment, Family Environment, and Children’s Development

      • Adele Eskeles Gottfried, Allen W. Gottfried, Kay Bathurst
      Pages 11-58

    3. The Influences of Maternal Employment across Life

      • Jacqueline V. Lerner, Nancy L. Galambos
      Pages 59-83

    4. Maternal Employment and the Transition to Parenthood

      • Margaret Tresch Owen, Martha J. Cox
      Pages 85-119

    5. Maternal Employment When Children Are Toddlers and Kindergartners

      • Wendy A. Goldberg, M. Ann Easterbrooks
      Pages 121-154

    6. Maternal Employment and Sex Typing in Early Adolescence

      • Nancy L. Galambos, Anne C. Petersen, Kathleen Lenerz
      Pages 155-189

    7. Maternal Separation Anxiety

      • Ellen Hock, Debra DeMeis, Susan McBride
      Pages 191-229

  4. Maternal Employment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
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    2. Balancing Work and Family Lives

      • Diane Hughes, Ellen Galinsky
      Pages 233-268

    3. Maternal Employment and Children’s Development

      • Adele Eskeles Gottfried, Allen W. Gottfried
      Pages 269-287

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 289-291
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About this book

In a review written in 1979, I noted that there was a paucity of research examining the effects of maternal employment on the infant and young child and also that longitudinal studies of the effects of maternal em­ ployment were needed (Hoffman, 1979). In the last 10 years, there has been a flurry of research activity focused on the mother's employment during the child's early years, and much of this work has been longi­ tudinal. All of the studies reported in this volume are at least short-term longitudinal studies, and most of them examine the effects of maternal employment during the early years. The increased focus on maternal employment during infancy is not a response to the mandate of that review but rather reflects the new employment patterns in the United States. In March 1985, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 49.4% of married women with children less than a year old were employed outside the home (Hayghe, 1986). This figure is up from 39% in 1980 and more than double the rate in 1970. By now, most mothers of children under 3 are in the labor force.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Educational Psychology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, USA

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried

  • Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, USA

    Allen W. Gottfried

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Maternal Employment and Children’s Development

  • Book Subtitle: Longitudinal Research

  • Editors: Adele Eskeles Gottfried, Allen W. Gottfried

  • Series Title: Springer Studies in Work and Industry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0830-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-42867-8Published: 31 July 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0832-2Published: 02 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0830-8Published: 21 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 292

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Sexual Behavior, Sociology, general, Social Sciences, general

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