Name: Maternal Employment
Brand: Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US)
SKU: 9781607413653
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Maternal Employment

Marvel or Menace -- The Views of Children, Young Adults & Parents

Edited by: Catherine Chambliss

Published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US)

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£115.99

Published: 15-Dec-2009
ISBN: 9781607413653

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475 Pages
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Social issues & processes

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This timely book describes numerous empirical research investigations exploring attitudes toward maternal employment. Large samples of young adults were asked a wide variety of questions about their experiences and plans for the future. The impact of maternal employment on relationships with parents was a particular focus of several of these studies. Several studies also explored the views of adolescents, to see if younger individuals saw things differently. Children from both suburban and urban backgrounds were compared. Parents were also surveyed. Their perceptions of the effects of maternal employment on their own and others' families were assessed. Finally, cross-temporal and cross-cultural examinations were conducted, to examine changes in attitudes over time and place. These studies allow the reader to consider the long-term consequences of maternal employment and to juxtapose empirical findings with conventional assumptions about the impact of maternal employment. Some of the findings are consistent with cultural myths, but other findings sharply contrast with conventional wisdom. Reviewing this research will be helpful to those interested in exploring how their families helped to shape their lives, and those formulating career and family plans. Reading this research may enable them to make more informed personal choices.

Catherine A Chambliss, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology, who has taught at Ursinus College since 1979 and chaired the Psychology Department for 25 years. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale in 1975, and completed her M.S. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Miami. In 1981 she received the Lindback Teaching Award, and in 1990 the Laughlin Professional Achievement Award. Dr. Chambliss is a licensed psychologist, who has published and presented over 300 research papers on a broad range of topics related to her discipline. Empathy Rules: Depression, Schadenfreude, and Freudenfreude, coauthored with Amy C. Hartl, is her fifth book. Her Group Involvement Training (1988) and Psychotherapy and Managed Care: Reconciling Research and Reality (2000) examine issues related to both inpatient and outpatient behavioral healthcare. They have been used in a variety of mental health and academic settings. Maternal Employment: Marvel or Menace (2009) summarizes a series of studies investigating the impact of maternal employment on children, mothers, and fathers she initiated in 1982; this work has been shared through televised appearances. Supporting Student Smoking Cessation (2011) presents research conducted with student collaborators addressing this important health problem. Working with April Kontostathis, Ph.D. and her Math & Computing students, Dr. Chambliss co-developed therAPPist, an application for mobile devices aimed at increasing clients' self-control. Her