The Balance of Employment and Motherhood: Longitudinal Study of Mothers' Feelings about Separation from Their First-Born Infants.

DeMeis, Debra K.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ340406

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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The Balance of Employment and Motherhood: Longitudinal Study of Mothers' Feelings about Separation from Their First-Born Infants.

DeMeis, Debra K.; And Others

Developmental Psychology, v22 n5 p627-32 Sep 1986

Compares a group of well-educated mothers who preferred to be home caring for their infants with a group who preferred to be employed to determine how employment preference affects the development of maternal separation anxiety. (HOD)

Descriptors: Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment, Employed Parents, Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Mother Attitudes, Mothers, Perspective Taking, Role Conflict, Separation Anxiety

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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