Abstract
Parents' midlife concerns and the resolution of those concerns were examined as a function of their children's adolescence and their involvement in employment via analyses acknowledging the interdependence of mothers and fathers. Multivariate analyses of variance results demonstrated that fathers' and mothers' midlife concerns were similar and modestly related to their children's pubertal development. There were significant differences between families of sons and of daughters. Mothers' and fathers' temporal and emotional involvement in paid work were differentially related to their own and to one another's midlife concerns. Finally, the relationships among parents' midlife concerns, work involvement, and children's pubertal status depended in part on the degree to which spouses felt supported by one another.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 29-54 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Journal of youth and adolescence |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1995 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Social Psychology
- Education
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)