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Maternal Employment and Parent-Child Relations in Families of Seventh Graders

Virginia Commonwealth University

Joseph J. Koman, III

Virginia Commonwealth University

John P. Hill

Virginia Commonwealth University

The purpose of this study was to describe the effects of maternal employment status and maternal satisfaction with employment status on closeness between parents and their seventh-grade children. Effects on family activities and family rules were studied with consideration given to their possible mediating influences on closeness. Results revealed that sons reported greater closeness with fathers when mothers were employed and daughters reported greater closeness with parents when mothers were not employed or were employed part time. Mothers reported greater closeness to sons when they were employed, but reported greater closeness to daughters when they were not employed or were employed part time. Fathers reported no differences in closeness to either sons or daughters regardless of maternal employment status. Maternal employment status had no effects on activities or rules. Maternal satisfaction with employment status had little effect on closeness and had no effect on activities or rules.

The Journal of Early Adolescence, Vol. 10, No. 3, 279-295 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/0272431690103003


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