Doctoral Dissertation Research; Family-Responsive Workplace Policies, Parenting, and Children's Well-Being

这篇论文的改进研究项目探讨就业条件和家庭功能之间的关系。虽然双职工家庭正在迅速取代传统的养家糊口的家庭主妇模式，但就业条件的广泛变化并没有伴随着家庭赚取工资的责任的增加。然而，一些雇主采取了照顾家庭的工作场所政策，如灵活的工作时间安排、减少工作时间和支持家庭的环境，目的是减轻就业父母面临的工作/家庭不协调的问题。虽然有一些证据支持这些政策确实有助于减轻父母因工作/家庭不协调而产生的痛苦的说法，但人们对这些政策如何影响家庭过程-特别是养育行为和子女的结果-知之甚少。在这项研究中，与角色理论相关的各种概念被用来将家庭响应政策与父母的结果，养育行为和儿童的结果联系起来。一个随机抽样的大约80个中西部双职工夫妇与孩子将提供数据。将利用既定措施以及新措施和开放式问题进行访谈。多元回归将是主要的分析技术;开放式问题也将允许进行定性数据分析。 除了通过研究取得的科学成果外，该奖项还将在物质上帮助一位非常有前途的学生完成博士研究。论文因此，它有助于全面培养下一代社会科学家。

This Dissertation Improvement research project examines the relationship between employment conditions and family functioning. Although dual-earner families are quickly replacing the traditional breadwinner-housewife family model, widespread changes in the conditions of employment have not accompanied families' increasing wage-earning responsibilities. However, some employers have adopted family-responsive workplace policies, such as flexible scheduling, reduced work hours, and family-supportive environments, which are designed to alleviate the work/family incompatibility that employed parents face. Although some evidence exists to support the assertion that these policies do serve to mitigate parental distress deriving from work/family incompatibility, little is known about how these policies affect family processes - in particular, parenting behaviors and children's outcomes. In this study, various concepts associated with role theory are used to relate family-responsive policies to parental outcomes, parenting behaviors, and children's outcomes. A random sample of approximately 80 Midwestern dual-earner couples with children will provide the data. Interviews utilizing established measures as well as new measures and open-ended questions will be conducted. Multiple regression will be the primary analysis technique; the open-ended questions will allow for qualitative data analysis as well. In addition to the scientific gains to be achieved by the research, this award will materially assist a highly promising student in completing research for the Ph.D. dissertation. Thus it contributes to the thorough training of the next generation of social scientists.