THE POWER OF LOOKING AHEAD? A FIXED-EFFECTS MODEL OF FUTURE ASPIRATIONS OVER THE LIFE COURSE AND INCOME

Abstract Perceived life trajectories are rooted in structural systems of advantage and disadvantage, but individuals also shape their futures through setting goals and expectations. “Future aspirations” have typically been used in life course research to refer to one’s conception of their chances of success across life domains and can serve as a resource to help individuals persevere in the face of hardship. Taking a life course approach and using three waves of data from the MIDUS study, we utilize hybrid fixed effects models to assess the relationship between future aspirations and income. We find that, net of age, health, and a host of other time-varying factors, more positive future aspirations are indeed related to higher income over time, but that this relationship takes different shapes in different contexts. In particular, in lower quality neighborhoods, higher future aspirations lead to worse economic outcomes over the life course, while in higher quality neighborhoods, higher aspirations are indeed related to higher incomes. We thus argue that aspirations are only helpful in some contexts, and are inherently contextual not just in their sources but also in their effects.

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Childhood Polyvictimization and the Life Course: Associations With Depression and Crime

Violence and Victims ◽

10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-18-00099 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 34 (5) ◽

pp. 770-785

Author(s):

Richard S. Carbonaro

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Criminal Behavior ◽

Negative Outcomes ◽

Multiple Forms ◽

Life Trajectories ◽

Life Course Approach ◽

Seemingly Unrelated Regressions ◽

Different Types ◽

Parental Abuse ◽

The Life Course

Exposure to multiple forms of victimization has been shown to have increasingly negative outcomes, but their unique trajectory-setting effects have been largely unexplored. Using a life course approach, this article examines the life trajectories of child polyvictims. I use a nationwide sample including 3,652 respondents after cleaning and preparation. Seemingly unrelated regressions were used to predict depression and criminal behavior in childhood and adulthood. Results suggest that children who experience multiple forms of parental abuse tend to have life trajectories which grow increasingly worse through the life course. However, life trajectories of children experiencing violence outside the home have less persistent negative outcomes. Researchers and interventions should take differing life trajectories into account when attempting to aid different types of polyvictims.

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Sequential analysis as a method for studying life courses: The Case of caregivers’ well-being trajectories, Tiznit Morocco

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/202111906002 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 119 ◽

pp. 06002

Author(s):

Mohamed Elbouzidi ◽

Mhamed Mahdane

Keyword(s):

Sequence Analysis ◽

Life Course ◽

Sequential Analysis ◽

Well Being ◽

Sequential Approach ◽

Doctoral Research ◽

Life Trajectories ◽

Life Course Approach ◽

Life Courses ◽

The Life Course

Being a caregiver offers a sense of usefulness and satisfaction. Similarly, this caregiving function hurts all areas of the caregiver's life. In this vein, we believe that approaching this topic based on the sequential approach is of great importance. Indeed, we will first present the life-course approach as a method for analysing longitudinal quantitative data while highlighting the different stages of sequence analysis as an appropriate analysis method. We will then discuss the importance of studying the life trajectories of caregivers as units of research in the life course approach. The empirical demonstration of this paper originates from doctoral research in sociology on the life course of informal caregivers in the province of Tiznit in Morocco. Through this demonstration, we have crossed quantitative and qualitative analyses of life courses. This work will also show the relevance of sequence analysis and its adaptation to the life course approach of caregivers.

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Charting the moral life courses: A theory of moral development in U.S. evangelical and mainline Protestant cultures

Culture & Psychology ◽

10.1177/1354067x16656578 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 433-460 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Jessica McKenzie ◽

Lene Arnett Jensen

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Meaning Making ◽

Moral Life ◽

Community Members ◽

Moral Transgressions ◽

The Life Course ◽

Analytical Approaches ◽

Resultant Theory ◽

Cultural Constructions ◽

The Relationship

Drawing from qualitative analyses of interviews, ethnographic data, and a review of interdisciplinary literature, this manuscript puts forth a theory of moral life course narratives among U.S. evangelical and mainline Protestants. This theory delineates the relationship between religious worldviews and conceptions of moral behaviors, and the manner in which these worldviews and attendant moral conceptions change across the life course for community members. Grounded theory analyses of 32 participants’ divinity-based moral discourses were interpreted in conjunction with their worldviews, as well as church, home, and school contexts. Analyses indicated that evangelical children highlighted their moral transgressions because they regarded themselves as still quite close to a sinful birth. Evangelical adults, who had been saved and were moving toward God, temporally and spiritually distanced themselves from the morally wrong deeds of their youth. Meanwhile, mainline children and adolescents rarely reasoned about their moral experiences in terms of divinity. This finding is understood in light of their church’s emphasis on developing an individualized relationship with God over time. The study and resultant theory elaborate cultural constructions and transmissions of moral life course narratives that, in turn, provide a framework for understanding when, why, and how divinity enters into moral meaning making for cultural community members. We conclude by advocating for theoretical, methodological, and analytical approaches that expose the cultural nature of developmentally dynamic moral selves.

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Go to More Parties? Social Occasions as Home to Unexpected Turning Points in Life Trajectories

Social Psychology Quarterly ◽

10.1177/0190272518812010 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 82 (1) ◽

pp. 51-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Alice Goffman

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Social Inequality ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Turning Points ◽

Real Life ◽

Emotional Energy ◽

Life Trajectories ◽

Time Out ◽

Collective Effervescence ◽

The Life Course

Reviving classical attention to gathering times as sites of transformation and building on more recent microsociological work, this paper uses qualitative data to show how social occasions open up unexpected bursts of change in the lives of those attending. They do this by pulling people into a special realm apart from normal life, generating collective effervescence and emotional energy, bringing usually disparate people together, forcing public rankings, and requiring complex choreography, all of which combine to make occasions sites of inspiration and connection as well as sites of offense and violation. Rather than a time out from “real” life, social occasions hold an outsized potential to unexpectedly shift the course that real life takes. Implications for microsociology, social inequality, and the life course are considered.

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Psoriasis – The Life Course Approach

Acta Dermato Venereologica ◽

10.2340/00015555-2430 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 0 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M Linder ◽

S Piaserico ◽

M Augustin ◽

A Fortina ◽

A Cohen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Life Course Approach ◽

The Life Course

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The life-course approach to vaccination: Harnessing the benefits of vaccination throughout life

Vaccine ◽

10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.016 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 37 (44) ◽

pp. 6581-6583 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jody Tate ◽

Teresa Aguado ◽

Jan De Belie ◽

Daphne Holt ◽

Emilie Karafillakis ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Life Course Approach ◽

The Life Course

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The relationship between migraine and infant colic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cephalalgia ◽

10.1177/0333102414534326 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 63-72 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Amy A Gelfand ◽

Peter J Goadsby ◽

I Elaine Allen

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Random Effects ◽

Odds Ratio ◽

Fixed Effects ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Random Effects Model ◽

Fixed Effects Model ◽

Primary Analysis ◽

Infant Colic ◽

The Relationship

Context Infant colic is a common and distressing disorder of early infancy. Its etiology is unknown, making treatment challenging. Several articles have suggested a link to migraine. Objective The objective of this article was to perform a systematic review and, if appropriate, a meta-analysis of the studies on the relationship between infant colic and migraine. Data sources Studies were identified by searching PubMed and ScienceDirect and by hand-searching references and conference proceedings. Study selection For the primary analysis, studies specifically designed to measure the association between colic and migraine were included. For the secondary analysis, studies that collected data on colic and migraine but were designed for another primary research question were also included. Data extraction Data were abstracted from the original studies, through communication with study authors, or both. Two authors independently abstracted data. Main outcomes and measures The main outcome measure was the association between infant colic and migraine using both a fixed-effects model and a more conservative random-effects model. Results Three studies were included in the primary analysis; the odds ratio for the association between migraine and infant colic was 6.5 (4.6–8.9, p < 0.001) for the fixed-effects model and 5.6 (3.3–9.5, p = 0.004) for the random-effects model. In a sensitivity analysis wherein the study with the largest effect size was removed, the odds ratio was 3.6 (95% CI 1.7–7.6, p = 0.001) for both the fixed-effects model and random-effects model. Conclusions In this meta-analysis, infant colic was associated with increased odds of migraine. If infant colic is a migrainous disorder, this would have important implications for treatment. The main limitation of this meta-analysis was the relatively small number of studies included.

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Does the Credit Cycle Have an Impact on Happiness?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17010183 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 183 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tinghui Li ◽

Junhao Zhong ◽

Mark Xu

Keyword(s):

Fixed Effects ◽

Well Being ◽

Gdp Per Capita ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Fixed Effects Model ◽

Credit Expansion ◽

Transmission Channels ◽

Credit Cycle ◽

Per Capita ◽

The Relationship

The 2008 international financial crisis triggered a heated discussion of the relationship between public health and the economic environment. We test the relationship between the credit cycle and happiness using the fixed effects model and explore the transmission channels between them by adding the moderating effect. The results show the following empirical regularities. First, the credit cycle has a negative correlation with happiness. This means that credit growth will reduce the overall happiness score in a country/region. Second, the transmission channels between the credit cycle and happiness are different during credit expansion and recession. Life expectancy and generosity can moderate the relationship between the credit cycle and happiness only during credit expansion. GDP per capita can moderate this relationship only during credit recession. Social support, freedom, and positive affect can moderate this relationship throughout the credit cycle. Third, the total impact of the credit cycle on happiness will become positive by the changes in the moderating effects. In general, we can improve subjective well-being if one of the following five conditions holds: (1) with the adequate support from the family and society, (2) with enough freedom, (3) with social generosity, (4) with a positive and optimistic outlook, and (5) with a high level of GDP per capita.

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Governance and Financial Difficulties of Conventional Banks

Review of Management and Entrepreneurship ◽

10.37715/rme.v2i2.967 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 121-134

Author(s):

La Ode Sumail

Keyword(s):

Fixed Effects ◽

Large Scale ◽

Lagrange Multiplier Test ◽

Fixed Effects Model ◽

Insider Ownership ◽

Financial Difficulties ◽

Private Banks ◽

Conventional Banks ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

This study examines the connection between governance, financial performance, and financial difficulties of 27 conventional private banks during the pe3riod of 2015-2018. In order to meet the accuracy of the model in the regression analysis, the Lagrange Multiplier test was previously performed so that the Fixed Effects model was chosen. The relationship of insider ownership with ROA tends to be in the shape of inversed-U and the relationship between institutional ownership and ROA is significantly positive. The relationship between ROA and financial difficulties is significantly negative. Older or established large scale banks tend to have high ROA. This happens because the greater the assets, the healthier the cash flow of the bank, so that the potential for return of asset is quite high and financial difficulties tend to be low or avoidable.

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The Importance of School Attendance: Findings From the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development on the Life-Course Effects of Truancy

Crime & Delinquency ◽

10.1177/0011128716660520 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 63 (5) ◽

pp. 592-612 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

Michael Rocque ◽

Wesley G. Jennings ◽

Alex R. Piquero ◽

Turgut Ozkan ◽

David P. Farrington

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Problem Drinking ◽

School Attendance ◽

Later Life ◽

School Dropout ◽

Life Outcomes ◽

Using Data ◽

Childhood Risk Factors ◽

The Life Course ◽

The Relationship

School dropout has been extensively studied in the literature as a correlate of negative life outcomes. A precursor to school dropout is truancy, the unexcused or illegitimate student absence from school. Few studies have examined the relationship between truancy and involvement in crime and adjustment more generally over the life-course. This study extends previous work by exploring whether truancy at age 12 to 14 is related to later life outcomes such as crime, aggression, and adjustment using data from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development. Results indicate that truancy has long-lasting associations with negative life outcomes, especially for non-violent crime and problem drinking. Importantly, these findings hold for certain outcomes controlling for a comprehensive host of environmental and individual childhood risk factors.

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