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- Title
Parental Role Participation and Perceptions of Responsibility for Children's School Adjustment.
- Authors
Jackson, Linda A.; Sullivan, Linda A.
- Abstract
This research examined the effects of parental participation in work and family roles on perceptions of responsibility for their children's school adjustment. We hypothesized that mothers would be perceived as being more responsible than fathers, and that participation in nontraditional work and family roles would influence perceived responsibility. Contrary to the first hypothesis, college student subjects perceived fathers as being more responsible than mothers for good adjustment, but not for poor adjustment. Consistent with hypotheses, role participation influenced perceptions of responsibility, hut only for mothers. Divorced mothers were credited less and blamed more for school adjustment than married mothers, especially when they worked outside the home. Implications of the findings for future research on role participation are discussed.
- Subjects
PARENT participation in education; SCHOOL children; STUDENT adjustment; PARENT-child relationships; DIVORCED mothers; FATHERS; FAMILY roles; COLLEGE students; DIVORCED parents
- Publication
Sex Roles, 1993, Vol 28, Issue 7-8, p485
- ISSN
0360-0025
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00289610