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Wiese, Bettina S.; Ritter, Johannes O. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Dealing with developmental tasks in work and family domains is an important challenge for young and middle-aged adults. We investigated a transition that has evolved into a normative task for women, namely, the retransition back to paid work following maternity leave. In a diary study with 149 mothers who had just returned to work, we examined the…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Developmental Tasks, Mothers, Family Work Relationship
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Weiss, David; Freund, Alexandra M.; Wiese, Bettina S. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
The present research focuses on 2 factors that might help or hurt women to cope with the uncertainties associated with developmental transitions in modern societies (i.e., starting one's first job, graduating from high school, reentry to work after parental leave). We investigate (a) the role of openness to experience in coping with challenging…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, Longitudinal Studies, Ideology