Paternal involvement, maternal employment, and adolescents' academic achievement: an 11-year follow-up.
An 11-year follow-up study explored the effects of paternal involvement in child rearing and maternal employment in prior years on grades and educational expectations of a group of white, middle-class adolescents from intact families. Past maternal employment was found to be a more powerful predictor of children's academic performance and expectations than was amount of father involvement. Part-time maternal employment appeared to be optimal for children's academic expectations.
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School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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D000293:Adolescent; D004522:Educational Status; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology