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Source: European Journal of Developmental Psychology
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1. Cabrera, Natasha
Hofferth, Sandra L.
Hancock, Gregory
Family Structure, Maternal Employment, and Change in Children's Externalizing Problem Behaviour: Differences by Age and Self-regulation
European Journal of Developmental Psychology 11,2 (2014): 136-158.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17405629.2013.873716#.VOOn0mPOnsk
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Children, Behavioral Development; Children, Temperament; Family Structure; Fathers and Children; Fathers, Presence; Maternal Employment; Parent-Child Interaction; Parenting Skills/Styles; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Self-Control/Self-Regulation; Temperament

This study used a latent difference score growth model to investigate how changes in family structure (biological father and stepfather residence) and maternal employment are associated with American children's externalizing problem behaviours (EPB) from ages 4-10 and whether these associations vary by children's level of self-regulation. For all 4-year-old children, living with a biological father at age 4 was associated with reductions in EPB at ages 4-6 and later years, with no variation by child self-regulation. Living with a stepfather at age 4 was associated with higher levels of EPB at age 4; however, for less-regulated children, stepfather residence at ages 4 and 8 was associated with reductions in EPB between ages 4-6 and 8-10, respectively. Greater employment hours were associated with increased EPB in the next 2 years for less-regulated children of all ages; however, except for the age 4-6 transition, there was a lagged association that reduced behaviour problems after 2 years and outweighed short-term increases.
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Cabrera, Natasha, Sandra L. Hofferth and Gregory Hancock. "Family Structure, Maternal Employment, and Change in Children's Externalizing Problem Behaviour: Differences by Age and Self-regulation." European Journal of Developmental Psychology 11,2 (2014): 136-158.