Parents' working hours and number of children do not add explanatory power for engagement beyond work-family conflict¶
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q3 i? Parents' working hours and the number of children did not significantly increase the proportion of variance explained in either mothers' or fathers' engagement beyond what was explained by work-family conflict at any wave. → Tiago Ferreira 2018
Evidence¶
Tiago Ferreira 2018¶
Tiago Ferreira, Joana Cadima, Marisa Matias, Joana Marina Vieira, and Teresa Leal; Karine Verschueren; Paula Mena Matos. (2018). Trajectories of Parental Engagement in Early Childhood Among Dual-Earner Families: Effects on Child Self-Control. Developmental Psychology, 54(4), 731–743. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000458
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Hierarchical regression analyses testing whether working hours and number of children added variance beyond WFC for engagement at each wave. The article reports "Parents’ working hours and the number children did not significantly increase the proportion of variance explained by WFC" at any wave for either parent.
"Parents’ working hours and the number children did not significantly increase the proportion of variance explained by WFC, either in mothers’ engagement at T1, /H9004R2 /H11005.018, /H9004F(2, 146) /H110051.471, p /H11005.23; T2, /H9004R2 /H11005.018, /H9004F(2, 107) /H110051.016, p /H11005.37; and T3, /H9004R2 /H11005.023, /H9004F(2, 128) /H110051.617, p /H11005.20); or in fathers’ engagement at T1, /H9004R2 /H11005.025, /H9004F(2, 146) /H110052.043, p /H11005.13; T2, /H9004R2 /H11005.026, /H9004F(2, 107) /H110051.579, p /H11005.21; and T3, /H9004R2 /H11005.001, /H9004F(2, 123) /H110050.064, p /H11005.94."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Parents' work-family conflict is stably negatively associated with their own engagement over time, with no crossover partner effects — related
- Fathers' initial engagement levels are lower than mothers' but their growth rate is higher, narrowing the gap over time — related
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working-hours-children-no-incremental-variance |
title |
Parents' working hours and number of children do not add explanatory power for engagement beyond work-family conflict |
description |
Parents' working hours and number of children do not add explanatory power for engagement beyond work-family conflict |
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moderate |
newest_evidence |
2018 |
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