Author Interviews, Occupational Health, Social Issues / 02.01.2019
Teenagers’ Health Impacted by Parental Stress from Work
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Christiane Spitzmueller, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Industrial Organizational Psychology
University of Houston
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: We generally conduct research on how parents' work experiences affect the health and well-being of family systems. Many families struggle to successfully reconcile work and family demands, and we were wondering what specific work experiences were most likely to relate to negative outcomes for children. We also wanted to know how the impact of parents' stressful work experiences' with the happiness and health of their children could be addressed. Hence the study!
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