ArticleDevelopmental psychology2018
Maternal employment stability in early childhood: Links with child behavior and cognitive skills.
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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
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- Using a social-ecological framework to examine the cognitive development of elementary school children in the U.S.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Leveraging the science of early life predictability to inform policies promoting child health.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2024Review
- Annual Research Review: The power of predictability - patterns of signals in early life shape neurodevelopment and mental health trajectories.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2024Review
- Moderation of parental socioeconomic status on the relationship between birth health and developmental coordination disorder at early years.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Developmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young children: a conceptual model for research with integrated administrative data systems.International journal of population data science · 2020Article
- Strengthening Social Programs to Promote Economic Stability during Childhood.Social policy report · 2019Article
- Childhood Environmental Unpredictability and Adolescent Mental Health and Behavioral Problems.Child developmentArticle
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Although many studies have investigated links between maternal employment and children's wellbeing, less research has considered whether the stability of maternal employment is linked with child outcomes. Using unique employment calendar data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 2,011), an urban birth cohort study of largely low-income families, this paper investigates whether the stability of maternal employment in early childhood (birth to age 5) is linked with child behavior and cognitive skills at ages 5 and 9. Employment stability (continuous employment over all 5 years, low levels of job churning, longer job tenure) was linked with less child externalizing behavior, but there was little evidence to suggest stability was particularly important for PPVT and Woodcock-Johnson scores. Rather, for PPVT and Woodcock-Johnson scores, an increase in maternal employment in early childhood more generally was associated with higher scores. (PsycINFO Database Record
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