correlational methods

Running Head : CONFOUNDING FACTORS

Confounding Factors in Research : Parental Work Correlating with Child Mental Limitations

Name

University

Introduction

There are people who believe that the work behavior of parents is able to have an effect on the mental health of their children . In other words , as parental work habits increase or decrease , there is a chance of contributing to the mental capacity of the child in daycare . Studies have been conducted which aim to shed light on the dynamics of the relationship between parental work habits and child mental

health . In one particular study , it was shown that increased parental work hours contribute to lower cognitive development in children under ten years old and lower academic achievement in children under seven (Harvey 1999 . Yet , on the other hand , this study demonstrated that children of single and lower income parents mentally benefited from day care . In aiming to study the correlation between parental work and child mental health , it is essential to have a good overview of the confounding factors involved in this particular branch of research

Confounding Factors

There are several variables which would serve to confound the findings of research aimed at drawing a relationship between parental work habits and child mental health . Three of these confounding factors are the fact that parental work time and child day care time are somewhat unrelated to parent child together time , parent child together time is somewhat unrelated to the idea of quality parent child together time , and socioeconomic status plays a...