Parent work conditions and adolescent core self-evaluations: examining the effects of work resource drain and parent gender.

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• Personal Author:
  Allen TD ; Butts MM ; French KA
• Description:
  Purpose: Using resource drain and social cognitive theory frameworks, this study investigates the process through which parent time and energy resource drain relates to adolescent core self-evaluation. Parent-child interactive and routine activities and parental social support are tested as mediators. Methodology: Data are reported by mothers, fathers, and adolescent children in 151 middle-class, dual-earner families from the 500 Family Study. Hypotheses are tested using path analysis and moderated mediation. Findings: Parent work hours negatively relate to adolescent reports of received social support, partially due to decreased time spent engaged in parent-child interactive activities. Fathers' work hours indirectly relate to adolescent core self-evaluations through parent-child interactive activities and social support from fathers; this indirect relationship was not found for mothers. Exploratory analyses examined differences by parent and child gender. Fathers' work hours are more likely to detract from parent-child routine activities relative to mothers' work hours. The relationship between father work hours and parent-child interactive activities is buffered for sons compared to daughters. Implications: Results help to explain why parent work-related resource drain relates to adolescent core self-evaluations. Parent gender, type of resource drain, and type of activity are identified as potential boundary conditions. Interactive activities and social support are key mediators warranting attention. Originality/Value: Social cognitive theory is used as a framework for linking parent work-related resource drain and child outcomes. Mechanisms are identified that explain adolescent core self-evaluations development. Use of multisource data helps to mitigate problems with single-source data used in previous studies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Men Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Women
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Dual-earner; Core Self-evaluations; Parent-child Activities; Social Support Humans; Men; Women; Adolescents; Cognitive Function; Sociological Factors; Gender Factors; Workers; Work Zone;
• ISSN:
  0889-3268
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  31
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065051
• Citation:
  J Bus Psychol 2016 Dec; 31(4):554-568
• Contact Point Address:
  Kimberly A. French, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., PCD 4118G, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA
• Email:
  KFrench0429@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Business and Psychology
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f95f7a867dfd296d78320f01d90a707b23c948017611432c17d167f1b5b0765787f244bbe91e212fbdbc1239fd1f3c0c8aba39e67d7e7d7f11cac984ebf91db8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249309/cdc_249309_DS1.pdf
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