Determining Children's Home Environments: The Impact of Maternal Characteristics and Current Occupational and Family Conditions

Adolescents' Work-Family Gender Ideologies and Educational Expectations

“…The relationship between mother's educational attainment and adolescent educational aspirations is less straightforward, as Cohen (1987) and Karraker (1992) note a positive association whereas Rhea and Otto (2001) find no relationship. This increased focus on mother's educational attainment influencing adolescent educational expectations is a recognition of the impact mothers have on child aspirations through their influence on child cognitive development (Menaghan and Parcel 1991;Parcel and Menaghan 1994). In general, parental socioeconomic status is positively related to adolescent educational aspirations (Mau and Bikos 2000;T.…”

Working time arrangements and social consequences – What do we know?

“…In a third study, the occupational complexity of mothers work was found positively associated with children's home environment, while hours worked per week were not (Menaghan & Parcel, 1991).…”

Gene×Environment Interactions in Early Externalizing Behaviors: Parental Emotional Support and Socioeconomic Context as Moderators of Genetic Influences?

“…The HOME-SF (see Menaghan &Parcel, 1991 andMott, 2004 for reliability and utility information) was adapted from the HOME Inventory (Bradley et al, 1996;Bradley et al, 1994). Questions for parents included "how often do you talk to child while you are working?"…”