Life satisfaction in midlife childless and empty-nest men and women

Homosexual men and women have seldom been studied by gerontologists and almost nothing is known about the lifestyles, pattern of development through the adult years, and the effect of homosexuality on aging. Fourteen gay men, ranging in age from fifty-five to eighty-one, were interviewed about their life history and experiences of aging as gay men. Three of the respondents had long-term relationships that lasted up to forty years; two had experienced the death of a lover and had begun a new long-term relationship; four had been married to women and two had children (one unmarried man adopted a son and is now a grandfather). The wide diversity of their patterns of aging, the presence of positive aspects of gay aging, and the high life satisfaction of many of the respondents contradict the stereotype of the lonely, isolated old gay man.

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SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES OF EXPERIENCE BY MEN AND WOMEN OF CRISIS OF THE «EMPTY NEST»

Vestnik Universiteta ◽

10.26425/1816-4277-2019-4-173-180 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 173-180

Author(s):

V. V. Kozyreva

Keyword(s):

Family Relations ◽

Subjective Feeling ◽

Empty Nest ◽

Men And Women ◽

Living Together

The results of the study of the experience of the crisis of the «empty nest» in women and men have been presented. The interrelations of subjective feeling of loneliness and characteristics of family relations and life orientations in men and women, experiencing the crisis of «empty nest» have been revealed. Levels of subjective feeling of loneliness separately in group of husbands and wives have been studied. Significant differences in the experience of the «empty nest» crisis depending on education and living together separately from children have been highlighted. Psychological recommendations for prevention of parents’ maladjustment in the situation of «empty nest» have been given.

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Investigation on the Mental Health Status and Life Satisfaction of Middle-aged People in Empty Nest

Psychology of China ◽

10.35534/pc.0312176 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (12) ◽

pp. 1544-1554

Author(s):

Wang Zeran

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

Health Status ◽

Mental Health Status ◽

Empty Nest ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Aged People

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Subjective Happiness, Health and Quality of Life and Their Sociocultural Correlates among Younger Population in Malawi

Social Sciences ◽

10.3390/socsci8020055 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 55 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sanni Yaya ◽

Sharmistha Ghosh ◽

Bishwajit Ghose

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Ethnic Disparities ◽

Wealth Quintile ◽

Public Health Research ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Psychosocial Needs ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Men And Women ◽

Regression Methods ◽

Sub Saharan

Public health research and policy in sub-Saharan Africa are generally disease-oriented, with the focus being largely confined within the biological determinants of health. So far, little attention has been given to developing a more health-oriented approach by emphasising the psychosocial dimensions of health, especially among the younger population. To this regard, we conducted the present study to assess the prevalence and sociocultural correlates of perceived happiness, health, and life satisfaction among the adolescent and young (15–24 years) population in Malawi. We analysed cross-sectional data on 12,610 men and women based on a Malawi multiple indicator cluster survey conducted in 2013–2014. Data were analysed using descriptive and multivariable regression methods. According to the findings, more than 80% of the men and women reported being satisfied about happiness, health, and life. Multivariate analysis showed an inverse relationship between being currently or formerly married and perceived happiness. Ethnic disparities in perceived health and happiness were more pronounced in men, whereas that of life satisfaction was more pronounced in women. Living in households of the highest wealth quintile was positively associated with health and life satisfaction, but not with happiness. These findings highlight the need for prioritising the psychosocial needs of the adolescent and youth populations in designing health and social policy in Malawi. The findings need to be interpreted in light of the factors specific to the sociocultural environment in Malawi.

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Men Lose Life Satisfaction with Fewer Hours in Employment: Mothers Do Not Profit from Longer Employment—Evidence from Eight Panels

Social Indicators Research ◽

10.1007/s11205-020-02433-5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 152 (1) ◽

pp. 317-334

Author(s):

Martin Schröder

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Fixed Effects ◽

Working Hours ◽

The United States ◽

Conflict Theory ◽

Work Hours ◽

West Germany ◽

Men And Women ◽

Female Partners ◽

East And West Germany

Abstract This article uses random and fixed effects regressions with 743,788 observations from panels of East and West Germany, the UK, Australia, South Korea, Russia, Switzerland and the United States. It shows how the life satisfaction of men and especially fathers in these countries increases steeply with paid working hours. In contrast, the life satisfaction of childless women is less related to long working hours, while the life satisfaction of mothers hardly depends on working hours at all. In addition, women and especially mothers are more satisfied with life when their male partners work longer, while the life satisfaction of men hardly depend on their female partners’ work hours. These differences between men and women are starker where gender attitudes are more traditional. They cannot be explained through differences in income, occupations, partner characteristics, period or cohort effects. These results contradict role expansionist theory, which suggests that men and women profit similarly from moderate work hours; they support role conflict theory, which claims that men are most satisfied with longer and women with shorter work hours.

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