School-year employment among high school students: effects on academic, social, and physical functioning.
This study describes the effects of different weekly work intensity levels on adolescent functioning in a sample of 3,083 high school students in rural South Texas, where economically disadvantaged and Hispanic youth are heavily represented. Anonymous surveys were conducted in 10th- and 12th-grade students' classrooms in 1995. The following effects were associated with long hours of weekly employment during the school year: (1) decreased performance/engagement in school and satisfaction with amount of leisure time, and (2) increased health risk behaviors and psychological stress. The effects of school-year work on academic factors and health behaviors differed by grade, but not by race/ethnicity, parent education, or race/ethnicity and parent education considered together. It was concluded that parents and professionals should continue to monitor the number of weekly hours that students work during the school year.
Weller
Nancy F
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Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 3701 Kirby, Suite 600, Houston, Texas 77096, USA. nweller@bcm.tmc.edu
Kelder
Steven H
SH
Cooper
Sharon P
SP
Basen-Engquist
Karen
K
Tortolero
Susan R
SR
D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*