Academic performance plays an important role in producing the best learners to nurture great leaders to contribute towards a bright future of the country’s socio-economic development. The relationship between maternal employment and the academic performance of adolescents has been a subject of growing interest, particularly in India, where traditional family structures intersect with the evolving economic roles of women.
Maternal employment refers to the labor force affiliation of
mothers with children of 0-18 years. This term however includes a wide variety
of labor force participation patterns, ranging from full-time work and
part-time work to contractual work and home-based employment.
Academic performance in this context is the student's educational
achievement measured through grades, and test scores along a holistic school
achievement. This study investigates the impact of maternal employment on the
academic performance of adolescents, emphasizing the role of mothers in shaping
their children’s social, cognitive and academic development. Specifically, it
examines the effects of maternal work-related stress and reduced parental
supervision on the child’s academic outcomes. Adopting a quantitative research
design the study includes a sample of 150 parent-child pairs (children of age
group 16-20), selected through stratified sampling. To ensure validity the
Likert scale employed for assessment has been adapted to ensure minimal
potential biases in measuring dependent and independent variables. Confounding
variables have been controlled by selecting participants with comparable family
structures and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Additionally, the study explores sub-variables such as maternal
work-life balance and emotional stress to better understand their potential
influence on academic performance. The findings of the study indicate no
significant correlation between maternal employment and teenage academic
performance. Contrary to common assumptions, maternal employment stress does
not impact a student's educational outcome. The research suggests that maternal
stress, often associated with employment, does not negatively affect children's
academic outcomes. Instead, the results suggest that most adolescents are
capable of managing their academic responsibilities independently, regardless
of their mother's employment status. These findings contribute to the discourse
on work-family dynamics, highlighting the adaptability and resilience of
adolescents in balancing academic demands within diverse family structures.
Author
(s) Details
Tvisha Doctor
Department of School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Energy
University, Gandhinagar, India.
Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/cpassr/v10/4408
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