The timing of major life events: Effects of departing from the social clock

Some studies (e.g., Kogovšek & Hlebec, 2008, 2009) have shown that the name generator and the role relation approaches to measuring social networks are to some extent comparable, but less so the name generator and the event-related approaches (Hlebec, Mrzel, & Kogovšek, 2009). In this chapter, the composition of the social support network assessed by both the general social support approach and the event-related approach (support during 15 major life events) is analyzed and compared. In both cases, the role relation approach is used. In addition, in both approaches a more elaborate (16 possible categories ranging from partner, mother, father, friend to no one) and a more simple (6 possible categories ranging from family member, friend, neighbor to no one) response format is applied and compared. The aim of the chapter is to establish, in a controlled quasi-experiment setting, whether the different approaches (i.e. the general social support and the event-related approach) produce similar social networks regardless of the response format (long vs. short).

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The Social Origins of Depression and the Role of Meaning

Understanding Social Change ◽

10.5871/bacad/9780197263143.003.0010 ◽

2005 ◽

Author(s):

George W. Brown

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Depressive Disorder ◽

Life Events ◽

Depressive Disorders ◽

Major Life Events ◽

Major Life ◽

Life Event ◽

The Social ◽

Role Based

This chapter discusses the role of social factors in ill health, with a particular focus on depression. Major life events increase the risk of most depressive disorders. In a longitudinal study carried out in the early 1980s of 400 mothers in Islington, 1 in 10 developed a depressive disorder within a year, and most of those had a severely threatening life event not long before. This chapter also summarises the three forms of meaning relevant for the aetiology of depression. First, the role-based meanings of severe events relate to traditional anthropological and sociological concerns. Second, the evolutionary-derived meanings show that the experience of humiliation following a severe event is critical in the development of depression. Finally, the memory-linked emotional schemas influence a person's vulnerability to events.

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The Social Clock Phenomenon as Reflected in the Biographical Correlates of Kansas Pioneers

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1982.51.1.119 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 51 (1) ◽

pp. 119-125

Author(s):

Darryl E. Matter

Keyword(s):

Turn Of The Century ◽

Reasonable Accuracy ◽

Major Life Events ◽

Major Life ◽

North Central ◽

Age Related ◽

The Social ◽

Political Milieu ◽

And Migration ◽

Social Clock

Neugarten (1968) has called internalized concepts that regulate progression through the age related events of the adult years the “social clock.” This study suggests that major life events such as marriage and migration were well structured by the social and political milieu existing at the turn of the century. Given the dates of birth for the 410 men and 415 women who settled in an area of north central Kansas before 1911, dates of and ages at marriage, dates of and ages at migration to Kansas, years of death (and, therefore, ages at death), and the numbers and sex of children may be predicted with reasonable accuracy. These biographical variables are highly intercorrelated.

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The Effect of Major Life Events on Individual's Work Centrality: Social and Economic Aspects

Review of European Studies ◽

10.5539/res.v13n4p46 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 46

Author(s):

Moshe Sharabi ◽

Oriana Abboud Armaly ◽

Ola AbuHasan-Nabwani

Keyword(s):

Life Events ◽

Meaning Of Work ◽

Major Life Events ◽

Major Life ◽

Work Centrality ◽

Financial Conditions ◽

The Social ◽

Causal Nature ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

This unique study compares the change in work centrality among individuals (n=407) both those who did experience and those who did not experience major life events, over the course of twelve years. The data was collected via the “Meaning of Work” questionnaire that included questions on work and life events. Special analysis of life events allows us to examine the causal nature of the relationship between life events and work centrality. The findings indicated that childbirth had an opposite effect on men's and women's work centrality. The work centrality of individuals who experienced divorce, a worsening of financial conditions and taking a considerable loan, did not change, while it increased among those who did not experience these events. There are several suggestions for the social and welfare and policymakers regarding life events, and the impact these policies may have on the magnitude of these events on work centrality.

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