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

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.

The Comparability of Event-Related and General Social Support

2011 ◽  
pp. 339-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Hlebec ◽  
Maja Mrzel ◽  
Tina Kogovšek
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Response Format ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
Related Approach ◽  
Relation Approach

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).

Environment and ageing biology

2017 ◽  
pp. 317-322
Author(s):  
Arun S. Karlamangla ◽  
Teresa E. Seeman
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Functional Status ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Allostatic Load ◽  
The Body ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
The Impact

Psychosocial factors over the life course and major life events are associated with the health, functional status, and survival of older adults. This chapter discusses the biological mechanisms through which these influences are thought to operate, and how life stresses might accelerate the usual ageing of biological systems. It starts with a brief description of psychosocial determinants of health and functioning before elaborating on the allostatic mechanisms by which the body adapts its internal physiological milieu in response to perceived stressors. The price paid for frequent and recurring adaptation is eventual dysregulation of the mediators of allostasis, or allostatic load. We close with a brief discussion of allostatic load links to health outcomes in older adults and potential interventions that might ameliorate the impact of psychosocial adversities on health.

Body compassion safeguards against the impact of major life events on binge eating

Appetite ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 34-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mafalda Barata-Santos ◽  
Joana Marta-Simões ◽  
Cláudia Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Binge Eating ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Body Compassion

scholarly journals The impact of major life events on household asset portfolio rebalancing

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-347
Author(s):  
Tracey West ◽  
Andrew Worthington
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Household Wealth ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Household Asset ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Portfolio Rebalancing ◽  
Serious Illness ◽  
Asset Portfolio ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to model the asset portfolio rebalancing decisions of Australian households experiencing a severe life event shock. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses household longitudinal data from the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey since 2001. The major life events are serious illness or injury, death of a spouse, job dismissal or redundancy and separation from a spouse. The asset classes are bank accounts, cash investments, equities, superannuation (private pensions), life insurance, trust funds, owner-occupied housing, investor housing, business assets, vehicles and collectibles. The authors use both static and dynamic Tobit models to assess the impact and duration of impact of the shocks. Findings Serious illness and injury, loss of employment, separation and spousal death cause households to rebalance portfolios in ways that can have detrimental effects on long-term wealth accumulation through poor market timing and the incurring of transaction costs. Research limitations/implications The survey results are only available since 2001, and the wealth module from which the asset data are drawn is self-reported and not available every year. Practical implications Relevant to policymakers working on the ongoing retirement of the “baby boomer” generation and for financial planners guiding household investment decisions. Originality/value Most research on shocks to household wealth concern a narrower range of assets and only limited shocks. Also, this is one of the few studies to use a random effects model to allow for unspecified heterogeneity among households.

Incidence and perception of psychosocial stress: the relationship with breast cancer

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cary L. Cooper ◽  
Rachel Cooper ◽  
E. Brian Faragher
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Psychosocial Stress ◽  
Breast Screening ◽  
Breast Disease ◽  
Close Friend ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
The Relationship

SynopsisThis study explored the incidence and perception of psychosocial stress among 1596 patients attending breast screening clinics and 567 controls attending a well women clinic. It was found that some major life events (e.g. death of husband, death of close friend) were significantly related to breast disease and severity. The implications of the results are discussed.

Does the impact of major stressful life events on the risk of developing depression change throughout life?

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 1177-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. V. KESSING ◽  
E. AGERBO ◽  
P. B. MORTENSEN
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Psychiatric Ward ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The Impact

Background. It is unclear whether there is an interaction of ageing on the association between major life events and onset of depression.Method. This was a population-based nested case–control study with linkage of the Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register and the Integrated Database for Longitudinal Labour Market Research. The study includes data on all admissions at psychiatric wards in Denmark from 1981 to 1998 and data on sociodemographic variables and death/suicide of first-degree relatives.Results. A total of 13006 patients who received a diagnosis of depression at the first ever admission at a psychiatric ward and a gender- and age-matched control group of 260108 subjects were identified. A recent divorce and recent unemployment and suicide of a relative (mother, father, sibling, child, spouse) were associated with increased risk of being admitted for the first time ever at a psychiatric ward with a diagnosis of depression whereas death of a relative by causes other than suicide years had no significant effect. In general, no interaction was found with age with any of the variables, totally, or for men or women, separately.Conclusions. The susceptibility to major life stressors does not seem to change throughout life.

scholarly journals Migration and the Transition to Adulthood in Contemporary Malawi

2013 ◽  
Vol 648 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Beegle ◽  
Michelle Poulin
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Transitions To Adulthood ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Relationship

This article investigates the relationship among major life events, household characteristics, and migration among adolescents and young adults in contemporary Malawi. Two main questions are investigated: What are the socioeconomic and demographic determinants of migration? and How do schooling, first marriage, and work relate to migration patterns? The study uses panel data collected from a survey designed specifically to explore socioeconomic and demographic aspects of youths’ transitions to adulthood. Respondents were tracked when they moved. Moves are not uncommon, and the predominant reasons for moves are noneconomic. Although historically ethnic traditions in this area have held that girls and women usually do not move upon marrying, young women are now more likely to move than young men, with marriage being a main reason for doing so. Closer ties to the head of the household are associated with less movement for both women and men.

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