ReviewThe journal of primary prevention2014
Parents' nonstandard work schedules and child well-being: a critical review of the literature.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Association between maternal employment and the child´s mental health: a systematic review with meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Shift work and mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2019Pooled it
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- A study on the factors influencing university students' subjective well-being based on machine learning methods.BMC psychology · 2026Article
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- Trends in Mothers' Work Schedules in the United States, 1988-2019: Differences by Education, Family Structure, and Race and Ethnicity.Demography · 2025Article
- Association between nonstandard work schedules and employees' self-rated mental health with perceived work stress, work-family conflict and job satisfaction as psychosocial mediators: a national study in China.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Identifying the top predictors of student well-being across cultures using machine learning and conventional statistics.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- How our longitudinal employment patterns might shape our health as we approach middle adulthood-US NLSY79 cohort.PloS one · 2024Article
- Work stressors, work-family conflict, parents' depressive symptoms and perceived parental concern for their children's mental health during COVID-19 in Canada: a cross-sectional analysis.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Consequences of Shift Work and Night Work: A Literature Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Mothers' Nonstandard Work Schedules and Children's Behavior Problems: Divergent Patterns by Maternal Education.Research in social stratification and mobility · 2023Article
- The psychological symptoms and behavioral problems of children with mothers working as medical staff in the crisis of Covid-19 outbreak in Hamadan, Iran.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Sleep Patterns and School Readiness of Pre-Kindergarteners from Racially and Ethnically Diverse, Low-Income Backgrounds.The Journal of pediatrics · 2022Observational
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Abstract
This paper provides a comprehensive review of empirical evidence linking parental nonstandard work schedules to four main child developmental outcomes: internalizing and externalizing problems, cognitive development, and body mass index. We evaluated the studies based on theory and methodological rigor (longitudinal data, representative samples, consideration of selection and information bias, confounders, moderators, and mediators). Of 23 studies published between 1980 and 2012 that met the selection criteria, 21 reported significant associations between nonstandard work schedules and an adverse child developmental outcome. The associations were partially mediated through parental depressive symptoms, low quality parenting, reduced parent-child interaction and closeness, and a less supportive home environment. These associations were more pronounced in disadvantaged families and when parents worked such schedules full time. We discuss the nuance, strengths, and limitations of the existing studies, and propose recommendations for future research.
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