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<p>The present study adapted the Family Stress Model to examine whether new mothers’ working conditions (i.e., autonomy, urgency) and supervisor support predict sensitive parenting directly, or via maternal mental health (depression and anxiety) and cognitions (sense of control). Participants were an ethnically and racially diverse sample of 87 mothers who returned to full-time, low-wage employment approximately 8–10 weeks after giving birth. We examined the predictive effects of prenatal job autonomy, work urgency, and supervisor support on the quality of maternal-infant interaction when babies were four months old. Then, we sought to understand whether prenatal depression, anxiety, and sense of control mediated the relationships between workplace conditions and observed parenting sensitivity. Sense of control emerged as a significant mediator: higher autonomy in the workplace contributed to a greater sense of control, which in turn, predicted more sensitive parenting. Results also indicated that perceptions of urgency at work predicted sensitive parenting when mothers reported higher satisfaction with their jobs. These findings highlight the impact of work conditions on new mothers’ parenting, broadening our understanding of the contextual factors that support responsive early caregiving behavior.</p>

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Processes Connecting Work Conditions to New Mothers’ Sensitive Parenting: The Mediating Role of Perceptions of Control

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    2025年6月14日

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  • Rachel J. Herman,
  • Dhara T. Meghani,
  • Alexandrea L. Craft,
  • Maureen Perry-Jenkins

摘要

The present study adapted the Family Stress Model to examine whether new mothers’ working conditions (i.e., autonomy, urgency) and supervisor support predict sensitive parenting directly, or via maternal mental health (depression and anxiety) and cognitions (sense of control). Participants were an ethnically and racially diverse sample of 87 mothers who returned to full-time, low-wage employment approximately 8–10 weeks after giving birth. We examined the predictive effects of prenatal job autonomy, work urgency, and supervisor support on the quality of maternal-infant interaction when babies were four months old. Then, we sought to understand whether prenatal depression, anxiety, and sense of control mediated the relationships between workplace conditions and observed parenting sensitivity. Sense of control emerged as a significant mediator: higher autonomy in the workplace contributed to a greater sense of control, which in turn, predicted more sensitive parenting. Results also indicated that perceptions of urgency at work predicted sensitive parenting when mothers reported higher satisfaction with their jobs. These findings highlight the impact of work conditions on new mothers’ parenting, broadening our understanding of the contextual factors that support responsive early caregiving behavior.