TWO EARNER FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

两个残疾儿童的赚钱家庭

• 批准号: 6521261
• 负责人: Marji Erickson Warfield
• 金额: $ 7.93万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-05-01 至 2004-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6521261
• 关键词: adult human (21+); behavioral /social science research tag; child care; child with disability; clinical research; dyadic interaction; family structure /dynamics; gender difference; human subject; interview; marriage /marital status; morale; occupational psychology; preschool child (1-5); psychological adaptation; psychometrics; quality of life; questionnaires; role; satisfaction; social adjustment; socioeconomics; socioenvironment

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary objective of this study is to investigate how two-earner couples of three-year-old children with disabilities fit their home and work obligations together, and the extent to which that fit influences between and within couple differences in marital quality and family cohesion. No work/family study has analyzed the relation between home and work environments to identify common couple-level patterns of fit or assess the influence of these patterns on marital and family wellbeing. Similarly, no study of parental adaptation to caring for a child with disabilities has examined how employment relates to wellbeing. In this application, the investigator proposes to examine three family profile variables (division of care, care demands, and care arrangements) and four work profile variables (hours, involvement, schedule, and benefits) as components of fit. The secondary purpose of the proposed study is to assess how the outcomes from the couple-level analysis influence the well-studied link between job conditions and individual wellbeing. Two hypotheses will be tested: (1) positive family environments will moderate the negative effects of job demands on both maternal and paternal wellbeing; and (2) job rewards will moderate the negative effects of a poor family environment on maternal but not paternal wellbeing. Although wellbeing has been operationalized in the work/family literature using measures of mental and physical health, how work influences parenting is important but rarely studied. The proposed individual-level analysis will focus on parenting stress and competence as well as general mental health as critical outcomes. Job demands are measured by work intensity while job rewards are assessed by measures of autonomy and job satisfaction. The study will focus on two-parent families in which both the mother and father are employed at least ten hours per week and both are the parents of a three-year-old child with disabilities. Both parents will be interviewed and will complete self-report scales. The study's research questions and hypotheses will be analyzed using hierarchical linear modeling and cluster analysis. The findings from the proposed study will provide fresh insights into work/family relationships from both a couple-level and individual-level perspective for an unstudied segment of the workforce. Understanding the different ways in which couples establish a fit between their home and work roles will generate suggestions for how national or cross-company policies can be designed to benefit couple and family wellbeing, and indirectly boost maternal and paternal wellbeing as well as work productivity and performance.

描述(申请人提供)：这项研究的主要目的是调查双职工夫妇是如何 残疾将他们的家庭和工作义务结合在一起，并且程度 这种契合性影响着夫妻之间和夫妻之间的婚姻差异 品质和家庭凝聚力。没有工作/家庭研究分析过这种关系 家庭和工作环境之间的关系，以确定常见的夫妇级别模式 适合或评估这些模式对婚姻和家庭幸福的影响。 同样，没有关于父母适应照顾患有糖尿病儿童的研究 残疾人研究了就业与福祉的关系。在这 申请，调查员建议检查三个家庭概况 变量(护理分工、护理需求和护理安排)和四 工作配置文件变量(小时数、参与度、日程安排和福利) 配合的组件。 拟议研究的次要目的是评估从 夫妻层面的分析影响了工作之间经过充分研究的联系 条件和个人福祉。将检验两个假设：(1) 积极的家庭环境将缓和工作需求的负面影响 对母亲和父亲的健康都有影响；以及(2)工作奖励将缓和 恶劣的家庭环境对母亲的负面影响而不是对父亲的负面影响 幸福。尽管幸福感已经在工作/家庭中发挥了作用 使用心理和身体健康测量的文献，工作如何影响 养育子女很重要，但很少有人研究。拟议的个人级别 分析将集中在父母的压力和能力以及一般情况下 精神健康是关键的结果。工作需求是通过工作来衡量的 强度，而工作奖励是通过自主性和工作的衡量标准来评估的 满足感。 这项研究将关注双亲家庭，在双亲家庭中，母亲和 父亲每周至少工作10个小时，两人都是 三岁的残疾儿童。父母都将接受采访，并 将完成自我报告量表。该研究的研究问题和 假设将使用分层线性建模和聚类进行分析 分析。这项拟议研究的结果将提供新的见解 从夫妻层面和个人层面转变为工作/家庭关系 对未经研究的劳动力部分的看法。了解 夫妻在家庭和工作之间建立融洽关系的不同方式 角色将生成有关国家或跨公司政策如何 旨在造福夫妻和家庭幸福，并间接促进 母亲和父亲的幸福感以及工作效率和表现。