Fathers' work experiences effect children's behaviors via job-related affect and parenting behaviors
✍ Scribed by Wendy Stewart; Julian Barling
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 850 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-3796
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✦ Synopsis
We suggest that fathers' work experiences (decision latitude, job demands, job insecurity and interrole conflict) indirectly influence children's behaviors (acting out, shyness and school competence) through their sequential effects on job-related affect (job satisfaction, negative job-related mood and job tension) and parenting behaviors (punishing, rejecting and authoritative behaviors). Data on work experiences, job-related affect and parenting behaviors were obtained from 189 fathers; teachers provided ratings of the children's behaviors. Path analysis provided support for the proposed model. Conceptual implications and suggestions for future research on fathers' employment and the links between work and family are discussed. This research was partially supported by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Imperial Oil to the second author. Appreciation is expressed to Bill Cooper and Kevin Kelloway for assistance at various stages of the research.
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