Parenthood, Childlessness, and Well-Being: A Life Course Perspective

Well-being dialogue: Elderly women's subjective sense of well-being from their course of life perspective

In this article, we are concerned with narratives of elderly women's well-being from their perspectives of the latter parts of their life, living at special housing accommodation (SHA) in the context of Swedish elderly care. In focusing on narratives about well-being, we have a two-fold focus: (1) how the elderly women create their own identity and meaning-making based on lifetime experience; a...

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Childlessness and the psychological well-being of older persons.

OBJECTIVES Rapid growth in the size of the childless elderly population has prompted concerns about the negative effects of childlessness on psychological well-being. This study adds to this line of inquiry by examining the effects of childlessness on two important dimensions of elderly persons' psychological well-being: loneliness and depression. METHODS Using the 1993 Asset and Health Dynam...

Childlessness and subjective well-being in Chinese widowed persons.

OBJECTIVES This study examined the effect of childlessness on psychological well-being in widowhood taking into account the influences of social network variables. METHOD A total of 273 Chinese widowed individuals who were community dwelling formed the sample of this study. Sixteen percent (n = 44) were childless. Social network variables, instrumental activities of daily living, chronic illn...

Childlessness and psychological well-being 1 CHILDLESSNESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN MIDLIFE AND OLD AGE: AN EXAMINATION OF PARENTAL STATUS EFFECTS ACROSS A RANGE OF OUTCOMES

The study explores and distinguishes links between parental status (childless persons, parents with residential children, and empty nest parents) and a range of psychological well-being outcomes in midlife and old age. Data are from the first wave of the Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation (NorLAG) study (N=5189). We separate outcomes into cognitive (life satisfaction and self-esteem) ...