What Does Research Tell Us About the Relationship Between Women's

question 52

Multiple Choice

What does research tell us about the relationship between women's employment status and the quality of infant-mother emotional attachment?

• A) Full-time mothers are more likely to have securely attached children.
• B) Part-time working mothers have more securely attached children than full-time mothers or women employed full-time.
• C) Mothers who work full-time can have securely attached children, but only if the husband shares child-rearing responsibilities.
• D) There appears to be no relationship.

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Definitions:

Display Rules

Culturally determined norms that dictate the appropriate expressions of emotions in various social situations.

Predictor

An element or variable that can be used to forecast or anticipate the outcome of a future event.

Future Happiness

An anticipated state of joy or satisfaction, often viewed as a goal or outcome of certain behaviors or life circumstances.

Marital Status

The legally defined relationship status of an individual with respect to marriage, such as single, married, divorced, or widowed.