title: Revisiting the impact of part-time work on adolescent adjustment: distinguishing between selection and socialization using propensity score matching.
abstract: The impact of part-time employment on adolescent functioning remains unclear because most studies fail to adequately control for differential selection into the workplace. The present study reanalyzes data from L. Steinberg, S. Fegley, and S. M. Dornbusch (1993) using multiple imputation, which minimizes bias in effect size estimation, and 2 types of propensity score matching, to account for selection effects. In this sample (N = 1,792; Grades 10-11, M = 16.26), youth who begin working more than 20 hr per week evince declines in school engagement and increases in substance use and delinquency compared with youth who remain unemployed. Conversely, working 20 hr or less a week has negligible effects, positive or negative, on academic, psychological, or behavioral outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA. monahank@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Kathryn C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Monahan
authors.forename: Joanna M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Steinberg
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D002140:California; D002605:Character; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D057216:Propensity Score; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012951:Socialization; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D014922:Wisconsin; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance / Q000523:psychology*