TY - JOUR
T1 - Time budgets of the mothers of pre-school children: An analysis of mother-child joint activities
AU - Galboda-Liyanage, K C
AU - Scott, S
AU - Prince, M J
PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - The objective of this research was to describe how a group of mothers of pre-school children spend their days in relation to the index pre-school child and in general. We examined time use by means of the Yesterday's interview for Mothers of Pre-schoolers (YIMP), a semi-structured interview, with 31 mothers recruited from mother and toddler groups. Detailed time budgets were obtained on three full days covering the content, duration and environmental context of mother-child joint activities. Reading was the most common joint activity. A substantial proportion of activities took place outside the home. Research implications in relation to the environmental context of joint activities are discussed.
AB - The objective of this research was to describe how a group of mothers of pre-school children spend their days in relation to the index pre-school child and in general. We examined time use by means of the Yesterday's interview for Mothers of Pre-schoolers (YIMP), a semi-structured interview, with 31 mothers recruited from mother and toddler groups. Detailed time budgets were obtained on three full days covering the content, duration and environmental context of mother-child joint activities. Reading was the most common joint activity. A substantial proportion of activities took place outside the home. Research implications in relation to the environmental context of joint activities are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1348/026151003765264084
DO - 10.1348/026151003765264084
M3 - Article
VL - 21
SP - 273
EP - 283
JO - British Journal of Developmental Psychology
JF - British Journal of Developmental Psychology
IS - 2
ER -