Parenthood and Life Satisfaction
Why Don't Children Make People Happy
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 2286569 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Matthias Pollmann‐schult (0000-0002-0010-1667, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2014 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 319-336 |
| Data de publicação | 2014-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Journal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737 |
| Editora | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jomf.12095 |
| OpenAlex | W1634171389 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 122 |
| Referências citadas | 89 |
Previous research on the association between parenthood and life satisfaction has shown that parents of minor children are not more satisfied with their lives than childless people. This study addressed the question of why children do not enhance their parents' life satisfaction. A major objective of this study was to determine whether and to what extent the costs of raising children act as suppressors of life satisfaction. The empirical analysis applied fixed-effects models and used data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (1994-2010, N = 16,021). The 3 primary findings of this study were that (a) parenthood by itself has substantial and enduring positive effects on life satisfaction; (b) these positive effects are offset by financial and time costs of parenthood; and (c) the impact of these costs varies considerably with family factors, such as the age and number of children, marital status, and the parents' employment arrangements
Developmental psychology · Economics · Family life · German · Life satisfaction · Marital status · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
Marital Satisfaction in China
Aktuelle Entwicklungen in der deutschen Familiensoziologie
Becoming a Grandparent and Its Effect on Well-Being
Protest Participation and Parenthood
Daily Reciprocity and Well-Being
Evaluative and Experienced Well-being of Caregivers of Parents and Caregivers of Children
Delayed reproduction
Social preferences and well-being
The Role of Parenthood for Life Satisfaction of Older Women and Men in Europe
Happiness and Single Parenthood
Who is Happier in Japan, a Housewife or Working Wife
The Intrinsic Value of Childcare
Examining Differences in Alcohol and Smoking Behaviors between Parenting and Nonparenting Lesbian Women
Direct and Indirect Effects of Parenthood on Later-Life Happiness
Predictors of life satisfaction in the United Arab Emirates
The diverging patterns of life satisfaction between families
Satisfaction with life and its predictive factors in a cohort of fathers 24-months postpartum
Life satisfaction amongst working parents
Variation in coparenting quality in relation to child age
Associations Between Maternal Cumulative Psychological Distress and Child Subsequent Social Competence
Implications of Social Capital on Life satisfaction in a Stratified Society
Transition to Parenthood
Religiosity and Overall Life Satisfaction
The Costs and Benefits of Parenthood for Mental and Physical Health in the United States
Gender, Couples’ Fertility Intentions, and Parents’ Depressive Symptoms
The well-being toll of revealed involuntary immobility
Biblical narratives for positive psychology and suicide prevention
Gender inequalities in the association between parenthood and health
The Impact of a Video-Mediated Communication on Separated Perinatal Couples in Japan
High levels of anxiety and depression in women farmers from Ecuador
Parenthood and Gendered Mental Health
An unbreakable bond? Maternal adverse childhood experiences and mothers’ relationships with adult children
Parenthood and Subjective Financial Well‐Being
The Transition to Fatherhood and the Health of Men
Longitudinal Links of Parenthood Regret and Parental Burnout at the Between‐Person and Within‐Person Levels
Is perceived inability to procreate associated with life satisfaction? Evidence from a German panel study
Trends in the Parenthood Gap in Health and Well-Being among U.S. Women from 1996 to 2018
There’s More in the Data! Using Month-Specific Information to Estimate Changes Before and After Major Life Events
Changes in Self-Rated Health Right After Immigration
Family life and Chinese adults’ happiness across the life span
The virility-fertility tradeoff
Parental happiness and social policy in Asia
Is the Predisposition to Have More Children Beneficial among Parents with Only One Child? Evidence from Spanish Parents
Division of Labour and Parental Mental Health and Relationship Well-Being during Covid-19 Pandemic-Mandated Homeschooling
Differential Trajectories of Fathers’ Postpartum Depressed Mood
The subjective well-being of women in Europe
Parenthood and the distribution of intra-household inequalities in wellbeing
The Brazilian–Portuguese version of the Parental Burnout Assessment
Evaluation of a physical activity intervention for new parents
Socioeconomic characteristics and domestic work as correlates of family satisfaction in Hong Kong mothers of young children
Do they think that joy and misery are temporary? Comparing trajectories of current and predicted life satisfaction across life events
A first glance into the black box of life satisfaction surrounding childbearing
Childbearing motivation at the onset of emerging adulthood
Parent–child relationship and parents' psychological well‐being among Malaysian families amid pandemic
Age composition of young children and parental well-being in Japan
The relationship between ethnicity and fertility in New Zealand
Quasi-experimental evidence for the causal link between fertility and subjective well-being
Does Number of Children Moderate the Link between Intimate Partner Violence and Marital Instability among Chinese Female Migrant Workers
Resource Transmission is not Reciprocal
How working hours influence the life satisfaction of childless men and women, fathers and mothers in Germany
Empowerment and life satisfaction
Shedding new light on happiness inequality via unconditional quantile regression
Empirical Analysis of Life Satisfaction in Female Benedictine Monasteries in Germany
Parenthood and Well‐Being
Residential relocation and life satisfaction change
Maternal well-being, food involvement and quality of diet
Diet quality and satisfaction with different domains of life in single- and dual-headed households
The Parenthood and Happiness Link
Parenthood and Well-Being
It Takes Two to Tango
When is the Second One Coming? The Effect of Couple’s Subjective Well-Being Following the Onset of Parenthood
Parenthood and Life Satisfaction in Europe
Parenthood and Women’s Subjective Well-being in a Low-income, High-fertility Context
Intragroup contact with other mothers living in the same neighborhood benefits mothers' life satisfaction
Mental Health Around the Transition to First Birth
The Emergent Motherhood Mental Health Advantage
Mind the “Happiness” Gap
Fertility and Life Satisfaction in Rural Ethiopia
The Role of Family Orientations in Shaping the Effect of Fertility on Subjective Well-being
The Psychological Benefits of Marriage and Children in Rural Malawi
Physische Attraktivität und Lebenszufriedenheit
The More or the Better? How Sex Contributes to Life Satisfaction
Parenthood in Europe
Private Life Preference and Life Satisfaction
Effect of recreational sport and physical activity participation on well-being during early parenthood
Life-course generational placements and health and wellbeing in later life
Parenthood and dynamics of life satisfaction in times of Covid-19
Associations of parenting daily hassles with parents' mental health during the Covid-19 school closure
How Parents Fare
Parenthood and mental health
Understanding at-the-moment stress for parents during Covid-19 stay-at-home restrictions
Children of the (gender) revolution
Work and life
Couples' Subjective Well-Being Around Live Birth and Pregnancy Loss
The Well-Being Implications of Having Children
Does the association between children and happiness vary by level of religiosity? The evidence from Israel
Parents' subjective well-being after their first child and declining fertility expectations
Does it take a village to raise a child
Black-White Differences in Parental Happiness
Mothering and Stress during Covid-19
Fixed Effects Regression Models
Suffer the little children
Inequality and happiness
Does marriage make people happy, or do happy people get married?
Happiness Is a Stochastic Phenomenon
Toward National Well-Being Accounts
The German Socio-Economic Panel Study (Soep) - Evolution, Scope and Enhancements
Family Policies in Germany
Opting Out
The Happy Homemaker? Married Women's Well-Being in Cross-National Perspective
Parenthood and Psychological Well-Being
Parenthood and Happiness
Do we really know what makes us happy? A review of the economic literature on the factors associated with subjective well-being
Parenthood and Marital Satisfaction
Measuring Happiness With a Single-Item Scale
The Impact of Perceived Costs and Rewards of Childbearing on Entry into Parenthood
The Value of Children and the Transition to Parenthood
The impact of family policy expenditure on fertility in western Europe
Social support and the working hours of employed mothers in Europe
Becoming a Dad
Taking on the Second Shift
Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction
Happiness, Economy and Institutions
Work-Family Conflict and Working Conditions in Western Europe
National Context and Spouses' Housework in 34 Countries
Personality, life events, and subjective well-being
Why Do Americans Want Children
Women's economic outcomes, gender inequality and public policy
Child-Care Availability and Fertility in Norway
Married Women's Employment over the Life Course
Gender Differences in the Social and Economic Burdens of Parenting and Psychological Distress
Gender, Parenthood, and Anger
Who Gets the Daddy Bonus
Roads Less Taken
Work-Family Conflict, Gender, and Parenthood, 1977-1997
Singlehood, Marriage, and Remarriage
Clarifying the Relationship Between Parenthood and Depression
Pregnancy Intentions and Parents' Psychological Well-Being
Parental Strains and Rewards Among Mothers
If Momma Ain't Happy
Parenthood, Childlessness, and Well-Being
The Long-Term Consequences of Relationship Formation for Subjective Well-Being
Change in Work-Family Conflict Among Employed Parents Between 1977 and 1997
Life Course Transitions and Housework
Psychological Implications of Motherhood and Fatherhood in Midlife
No Fun Anymore
Under Pressure
Costs and Rewards of Children
Beyond Parental Status
The role of cohabitation in family formation
Married Women's Employment over the Life Course
Life Outcomes of Childless Men and Fathers
Value of Children and the Framing of Fertility
Role strain among working parents
Parenthood and psychological well-being
Estimating the Reliability of Single-Item Life Satisfaction Measures
Life Satisfaction Across the Lifespan
The Set Point Theory of Well-Being Has Serious Flaws
Childcare and the daily routine
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| Citações por ano | 11,09 |
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| Altamente citado | Sim |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 121 |