Working nonstandard schedules and variable shifts in low-income families: associations with parental psychological well-being, family functioning, and child well-being

TitleWorking nonstandard schedules and variable shifts in low-income families: associations with parental psychological well-being, family functioning, and child well-being
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsHsueh, J., and H. Yoshikawa
Longitudinal data from the New Hope Project--an experimental evaluation of a work-based antipoverty program in Milwaukee, Wisconsin--was used to explore concurrent and lagged associations of nonstandard schedules and variable shifts with parental psychological well-being, regularity of family mealtimes, and child well-being among low-income families. Working a combination of variable shifts and nonstandard hours was associated concurrently with lower teacher-reported school performance and engagement and higher levels of externalizing behavior problems. Fixed nonstandard schedules were associated with lagged decreases in parent-reported school performance, whereas working variable shifts was associated with lagged increases in parent-reported school performance.
Title Working nonstandard schedules and variable shifts in low-income families: associations with parental psychological well-being, family functioning, and child well-being
Publication Title Dev Psychol
Publication Type Journal Article
Published Year 2007
Authors J. Hsueh; H. Yoshikawa
Accession Number 17484575
Number 3
ISBN Number 0012-1649 (Print)<br/>0012-1649 (Linking)
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