PATERNAL INVOLVEMENT, MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT, AND ADOLESCENTS ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT - AN 11-YEAR FOLLOW-UP

Authors
WILLIAMS E RADIN N
Citation
E. Williams et N. Radin, PATERNAL INVOLVEMENT, MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT, AND ADOLESCENTS ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT - AN 11-YEAR FOLLOW-UP, American journal of orthopsychiatry, 63(2), 1993, pp. 306-312
Citations number
23
Journal title
American journal of orthopsychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029432
Volume
63
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
306 - 312
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9432(1993)63:2<306:PIMEAA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
An 11-year follow-up study explored the effects of paternal involvemen t in child rearing and maternal employment in prior years on grades an d educational expectations of a group of white, middle-class adolescen ts from intact families. Past maternal employment was found to be a mo re powerful predictor of children's academic performance and expectati ons than was amount of father involvement. Part-time maternal employme nt appeared to be optimal for children's academic expectations.