Maternal Employment and Adoloscent’s Socio-Emotional Development- A Connection

Abstract

Several cognitive and behavioral effects are faced during developmental years by children as a result of mother’s employment. This study was undertaken to understand the impact of working mothers on adolescent’s socio emotional growth. The sample consisted of 60 working women from different parts of India. The women were part of Indian Army i.e they either worked themselves in Army or were spouses of Army personnel. SPSS Software 26 version was used for drawing conclusion. Pie charts and bar diagrams with tables for each question were drawn to make the results transparent. The findings show that the working mothers were able to instill good work ethics in their child/children. A few participants also reported that they were always able to help their children (especially daughters) break stereotypes and work for whatever they wished to accomplish in life.