Changes in Attitudes toward Maternal Employment during the Past Decade.

Autor/inn/en	Gambone, Kirsten; Arena, Jordan; Weiner, Stacie; Thomas, Amy; Johnson, Lisa; Nyce, Susan; Lang, Allison; Alvazian, Casey; Szuchyt, Jamie; Farrell, Debbi; Cane, Susan; Gelband, Amy; Zohe, Dorothy; Dous, Julie-Anne; Black, Aimee; Chambliss, Catherine
Titel	Changes in Attitudes toward Maternal Employment during the Past Decade.
Quelle	(2002), (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Attitude Change; Attitude Measures; Career Choice; College Students; Employed Parents; Higher Education; Marriage; Mothers; Occupational Aspiration; Parent Child Relationship; Sex Differences; Student Attitudes; Young Adults + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ehe; Mother; Mutter; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Schülerverhalten; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener
Abstract	This study replicated an earlier study that examined the differences between attitudes toward maternal employment among young adult male and female respondents in 1990 and 2000. Responses of undergraduates were obtained in 1990 and 2000 on the Beliefs About the Consequences of Maternal Employment for Children (BACMEC) and author-devised items assessing attitudes toward family of origin and the young adults' own career and family plans. Subjects were grouped on the basis of the survey period in order to determine if attitudes had changed over time. Differences in the perceived costs and benefits associated with maternal employment between gender and cohort groups were explored. In addition, the relationship between the respondents' generational cohort and the current quality of their relationships with mothers and fathers were investigated. Between-groups t-tests revealed a significant difference on the BACMEC benefits scale and no statistically significant difference on the BACMEC Cost scale. No significant differences were found on measures of the current relationship between the participant and his or her mother and father. Additionally, no significant differences were found between the 1990 and 2000 groups on items assessing whether participants expect to marry, the age they expect to marry, and the number of children they expect to have. (Contains 32 references.) (Author/GCP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01