title: Family, employment, and individual resource-based antecedents of maternal work-family enrichment from infancy through middle childhood.
abstract: This study used data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (N = 1,019) to examine family, employment, and individual antecedents of maternal work-family enrichment from infancy through middle childhood. Work-family conflict and important confounding factors were controlled. From the family domain, higher income-to-needs ratio and social support were associated with higher work-family enrichment. From the employment domain, greater job rewards, benefits of employment for children, and work commitment were associated with higher work-family enrichment. From the individual domain, higher maternal education and extroversion were associated with higher work-family enrichment. No family, employment, and individual characteristics were associated with work-family conflict across time except for partner intimacy. In general, the results supported antecedents of work-family enrichment that supply needed resources. The present study contributed to the literature by identifying antecedents of maternal work-family enrichment across early child developmental stages, which goes beyond examinations of particular life stages and a work-family conflict perspective. Implications for theory and practice are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina-Greensboro.
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina-Greensboro.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buehler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D054541:Family Conflict; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult