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. 2012;15(2):233-249.
doi: 10.1080/13668803.2011.639169. Epub 2011 Dec 2.

Youth Supervision While Mothers Work: A Daily Diary Study of Maternal Worry

Michelle K Blocklin  1 , Ann C Crouter, Susan M McHale
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Youth Supervision While Mothers Work: A Daily Diary Study of Maternal Worry

Michelle K Blocklin et al. Community Work Fam. 2012.

Abstract

Using data from a daily diary study of hourly hotel employees in the U.S. and their children, this study examined links between youth supervision arrangements and maternal worry while at work, examining both differences between individuals and day-to-day variation within individuals. Multilevel model analyses revealed both between- and within-person effects linking youth supervision to maternal worry. Mothers' partner status functioned as moderator, and maternal knowledge also emerged as a protective factor when youth were in self-care, highlighting a potential target for future work-family interventions, particularly those for hourly employees with limited access to family-friendly workplace policies.En utilisant les données d'une étude de journal quotidien des employés horaires de l'hôtel aux États-Unis et leurs enfants, cette étude a examiné les liens entre les modalités de supervision des jeunes et l'inquiétude maternelle pendant le travail, en examinant à la fois les différences inter individus et la variation intra individus au jour le jour. Analyses multi-niveaux ont révélé à la fois des effets inter et intra reliant la supervision des jeunes à l'inquiétude maternelle. Statut de partenaire des mères a fonctionné en tant que modérateur, et la connaissance maternelle est également apparue comme un facteur de protection lorsque les jeunes ont pris soins d'eux-mêmes, soulignant une cible potentielle pour des interventions de conciliation travail-famille, en particulier ceux conçus pour des employés horaires avec un accès limité à des politiques favorables à la famille.

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Daily Maternal Worry as a Function of the Interaction between Daily Levels of Non-Family Supervision (Within-Person Effect) and Mothers' Partner Status (n = 57 mothers, 265 days)
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Figure 2
Overall Maternal Worry as a Function of the Interaction between Overall Levels of Self-Care (Between-Person Effect) and Maternal Knowledge (n = 57 mothers, 265 days)
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Daily Maternal Worry as a Function of the Interaction between Daily Levels of Non-Family Supervision (Within-Person Effect) and Maternal Knowledge (n = 57 mothers, 265 days)
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