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Children's Impact on Stress and Employability of Mothers in Poverty

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

PETER A. NEENAN

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This study explores the relationship between stress in the parent-child relationship and successful pursuit of education and training activities for a sample of female JOBS participants in North Carolina whose children had attained at least preschool age. Using probit regression techniques, a significant negative relationship was found to exist between parent-child stress and successful component completion for these participants. Further assessment probed the contribution of study participants' personal and social strengths and problem-child behaviors as contributors to stress: Lower levels of mastery and higher perceived levels of child problem behaviors were found to be associated with the level of stress in the parent-child relationship. Findings, although preliminary, suggest the desirability of further research examining family dynamics as potential contributors to successful employability outcomes for this and similar populations.

Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 17, No. 5, 667-687 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/019251396017005005


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