Child Behavior Checklist, Parenting Stress Index, and the

children vary based on specific characteristics of the mother’s employment, the family’s economic status, and the mother’s attitudes about employment. However, there is lim-ited research on a growing group of children at developmen-tal risk—those born prematurely and living in a single-parent family. Objective: To examine the effects of maternal employment and prematurity on child cognition and behavior in single-parent families. Methods: Sixty preterm and 61 full-term preschool children were recruited through NICU admission records and birth records. Data were collected with the Kaufmann Assess