TY - JOUR
T1 - School-year employment among high school students
T2 - Effects on academic, social, and physical functioning
AU - Weller, Nancy F.
AU - Kelder, Steven H.
AU - Cooper, Sharon P.
AU - Basen-Engquist, Karen
AU - Tortolero, Susan R.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003/9
Y1 - 2003/9
N2 - This study describes the effects of different weekly work intensity levels on adolescent functioning in a sample of 3,083 high school students in rural South Texas, where economically disadvantaged and Hispanic youth are heavily represented. Anonymous surveys were conducted in 10th- and 12th-grade students' classrooms in 1995. The following effects were associated with long hours of weekly employment during the school year: (1) decreased performance/engagement in school and satisfaction with amount of leisure time, and (2) increased health risk behaviors and psychological stress. The effects of school-year work on academic factors and health behaviors differed by grade, but not by race/ethnicity, parent education, or race/ethnicity and parent education considered together. It was concluded that parents and professionals should continue to monitor the number of weekly hours that students work during the school year.
AB - This study describes the effects of different weekly work intensity levels on adolescent functioning in a sample of 3,083 high school students in rural South Texas, where economically disadvantaged and Hispanic youth are heavily represented. Anonymous surveys were conducted in 10th- and 12th-grade students' classrooms in 1995. The following effects were associated with long hours of weekly employment during the school year: (1) decreased performance/engagement in school and satisfaction with amount of leisure time, and (2) increased health risk behaviors and psychological stress. The effects of school-year work on academic factors and health behaviors differed by grade, but not by race/ethnicity, parent education, or race/ethnicity and parent education considered together. It was concluded that parents and professionals should continue to monitor the number of weekly hours that students work during the school year.
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 14768991
AN - SCOPUS:1642357650
SN - 0001-8449
VL - 38
SP - 441
EP - 458
JO - Adolescence
JF - Adolescence
IS - 151
ER -